On
Tuesday the 1st of October 2013, 8 commercial boat passengers met their
untimely death while travelling from Sagboki village towards Apapa
Lagoon in Lagos.
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Out of the 19 passengers on board, 8 of them who couldn’t swim drowned before rescuers could reach the scene. The 11 others managed to swim back to shore to alert boat operators.
The Lagos State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Chukwuma Ozoani, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), confirmed the incident.
He said: “The incident is true and according to the information at my disposal, only two persons allegedly drowned while seven persons were rescued.
“At the moment, rescue operations are ongoing by operatives of the Marine Police to see if any more persons will be rescued. The deceased persons would be taken to the morgue.”
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