Emergency responders from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), have recovered the bodies of a 52-year-old male and a 20-year- old female believed to be victims of boat accident in Lagos.
Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the NEMA Zonal Coordinator, South-West, confirmed the development on Saturday, July 9, in Lagos.
Farinloye said that the incident was as a result of a W19 passenger Fibre boat carrying 16 people that capsized along the Ojo area of the state.
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He said that the boat, which took off from Mile 2 to Ibeshe in Ojo axis, capsized while operating at night against the inland waterways rules.
The NEMA chief said that the incident happened at about 7.45 p.m on Friday.
It was found out that the tide of the water drifted the boat to a stationary barge which caused it to overturn.
Marine Police, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Lagos State WaterWays Authority (LASWA) and volunteers swung into action in trying to rescue some of the victims, but to no avail.
It cannot be confirmed if all the passengers including the captain were wearing life jackets but some people claimed some of them were wearing their life jackets which may not be effective.
Recovery operations are still ongoing.
