Five secondary students who were on an excursion, declared missing after boat capsized in Kaduna

Five secondary school students have been declared missing after a boat capsized in a river in Kaduna state yesterday afternoon October 11th.

According to the Executive Secretaryof Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, Ezekiel Baba-Karik, the victims, from a private secondary school in the state capital, were on an excursion at River Kaduna when the incident occurred.According to him, four others have been rescued and taken to Barau Dikko Teaching hospital in the state capital.