At least two boat operators, Musa Dangana and Yakubu Dangana, were yesterday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, over the last November boat mishap on Niger River which claimed no fewer many lives.
The state Police Command, through its National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) wing, arraigned the men.
The operators are facing three-count charges of criminal conspiracy, negligent conduct and “failure to observe general obligation to exercise vigilance contrary to Sections 97(2),196 of Kogi State penal code and Section 7 of Inland Waterways Transportation Regulation.”