Three Feared Dead As Boat Capsizes In Lagos...
In Lagos State, a 14-passenger boat sank along the Ibeshe-Ikorodu waters, killing three people and saving eleven.
On Monday, February 26, 2024, at around 7:30 p.m., a mechanical issue with the boat unexpectedly occurred.Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency
Management Authority (LASEMA), verified the occurrence in a statement on Tuesday.
LASWA and other pertinent agencies are investigating to determine what caused this accident.
“The Agency responded to distress calls concerning a Passenger Boat which took off from Addax Jetty around 7 pm,” he said.
"On arrival, it was discovered that a passenger ferry boat named Oluwaseyifunmi carrying 14 people had capsized due to a suspected mechanical fault and was rapidly submerged following its departure from the aforementioned terminal.
"A combined team of Water guards, the search and rescue team of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), and Agency responders were mobilized to the scene of the incident, leading to the rescue of 11 persons alive who have been taken to Ibeshe Ferry Terminal.
“Three passengers were retrieved dead and SEHMU has been tasked with transferring their bodies.”
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