On the evening of August 20, local time, Ahmed Rufai, spokesman for the Sokoto State Police Department in northwestern Nigeria, confirmed that in the shipwreck that occurred that day in the town of Goro in the Goronio local government district of the state, rescuers had found the bodies of 46 passengers, and 15 other passengers were rescued. Currently, 16 people are still missing.

On the evening of August 20, local time, Ahmed Rufai, spokesman for the Sokoto State Police Department in northwestern Nigeria, confirmed that in the shipwreck that occurred that day in the town of Goro in the Goronio local government district of the state, rescuers had found the bodies of 46 passengers, and 15 other passengers were rescued. Currently, 16 people are still missing.