16 presumed dead in boating accident in Lagos
A 19-passenger boat carrying 16 people on Friday night capsized along the Ojo Waterways area in Lagos State, leaving all passengers dead at the time of this report.
It was even then that sources within the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) confirmed to the Sunday Tribune that four bodies had been recovered. In a statement jointly signed on Saturday by Lagos Regional Manager, Engineer Sarat Braimah and Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) Chief Executive Damilola Emmanuel, the boat flouted waterway rules navigable departing at 7:45 p.m., which falls after 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for ferry operations in Lagos.
According to the statement, “At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Friday July 8, 2022, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) received a distress call regarding an incident on the waterways.
"A W-19 fiber boat carrying 16 people capsized along the Ojo area of the state.
"The boat going from Mile 2 to Ibeshe in the axis of Ojo broke the rules of the waterways of late travel by leaving at 7:45 p.m. As the boat left, the tide of the water caused the boat to drift boat towards a stationary barge, which caused the boat to capsize. It is said that not all passengers on board, including children, were wearing their life jackets.
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In another development, four people were rescued on Saturday and two others are still missing as heavy flooding washed away two vehicles in the Orile Agege area of Lagos State following heavy rains.
The victims of the flood were the occupants of two vehicles, a sport utility vehicle and a Toyota sedan.
It has been established that the drivers of the vehicles ignored warnings from residents of Oyatoki Street, where the incident occurred.
It was recorded that three occupants of the SUV and another occupant of the sedan who listened to warnings from residents were those who were rescued.
The driver of the sedan and another person were still missing on Saturday afternoon as they were swept away with the vehicle in the flood.
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) South West Coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the incident to The Sunday Tribune.
A 19-passenger boat carrying 16 people on Friday night capsized along the Ojo Waterways area in Lagos State, leaving all passengers dead at the time of this report.
It was even then that sources within the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) confirmed to the Sunday Tribune that four bodies had been recovered. In a statement jointly signed on Saturday by Lagos Regional Manager, Engineer Sarat Braimah and Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) Chief Executive Damilola Emmanuel, the boat flouted waterway rules navigable departing at 7:45 p.m., which falls after 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for ferry operations in Lagos.
According to the statement, “At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Friday July 8, 2022, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) received a distress call regarding an incident on the waterways.
"A W-19 fiber boat carrying 16 people capsized along the Ojo area of the state.
"The boat going from Mile 2 to Ibeshe in the axis of Ojo broke the rules of the waterways of late travel by leaving at 7:45 p.m. As the boat left, the tide of the water caused the boat to drift boat towards a stationary barge, which caused the boat to capsize. It is said that not all passengers on board, including children, were wearing their life jackets.
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In another development, four people were rescued on Saturday and two others are still missing as heavy flooding washed away two vehicles in the Orile Agege area of Lagos State following heavy rains.
The victims of the flood were the occupants of two vehicles, a sport utility vehicle and a Toyota sedan.
It has been established that the drivers of the vehicles ignored warnings from residents of Oyatoki Street, where the incident occurred.
It was recorded that three occupants of the SUV and another occupant of the sedan who listened to warnings from residents were those who were rescued.
The driver of the sedan and another person were still missing on Saturday afternoon as they were swept away with the vehicle in the flood.
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) South West Coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the incident to The Sunday Tribune.
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