More than 70 people died in Nigeria after an overloaded boat sunk in the Northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday. 

"Seventy-six corpses have so far been recovered, while 22 (people) were rescued, divers are still looking for more bodies," Abubakar Dakingari, spokesman for the Kebbi state governor, said on Friday.

"Bodies are still being recovered. We can't ascertain the number for now," said Yahaya Sarki, a spokesman the governor of Kebbi.

There were about 200 people on board according to the officials.