One dead, two injured in Lagos boat accident
At
least one person has been confirmed dead and two injured in a Lagos
boat accident which occurred on Tuesday along the Coconut Island, Apapa
area of the state.
The dead victim was identified as Idris Adekunle, a clearing agent in the Apapa Port.
Our correspondent learnt that the
commercial boat was coming from the Iba area and heading for Tin Can
Island around 7.30am when the incident happened.
It was gathered that the mishap was
caused by the wave current generated by a bigger boat belonging to the
Nigeria Ports Authority.
The NPA boat at the time was said to be towing a ship to habour, when its wave destabilised and swept off the commercial boat.
Our correspondent learnt that a total of
10 passengers were on board, but nine were quickly rescued because they
had life jackets on.
Rescue officials from the National
Emergency Management Agency were said to be rounding off rescue
operation when a relative of Adekunle showed up and said he had yet to
be found.
NEMA spokesperson, South West zone,
Ibrahim Farinloye, told our correspondent that the victim used his
personal life jacket while boarding the boat.
He said, “We were rounding off rescue
operation when an elder brother of Adekunle said he had yet to be found.
His friend also confirmed to us that he was spotted boarding the boat.
“We were informed that when they were
boarding the boat, he brought out his personal life jacket and refused
to use the one handed out by the boat operator. We had to continue
looking for him.”
Farinloye said the remains of the
deceased were recovered around 4.15pm on Wednesday and had been handed
over to the Nigerian Police, Marine Corps.
Meanwhile, other survivors have been released to go home except one of those injured, who was on admission in a hospital.
His health condition was said to be stable.
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