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UPDATE: Body of 17-year-old girl swept away by Lagos flood has been found
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has found the body of the 17-year-old girl who was swept away by a strong flood at Alapafuja axis of the Surulere Low-Cost Housing Estate on Monday, June 22.
Recall that earlier, WuzupNigeria reported that a teenager identified as Ayisat, 17, drowned in a flood in Lagos after heavy rainfall on Monday.
According to the spokesperson of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, a search and rescue operation for the teenager was put in motion.
After an intense search, men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, found the dead body of the girl at Onilegogo canal, Surulere on Tuesday afternoon June 23. The body was handed over to her community members who immediately buried her.
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