No fewer than five people, including a pregnant woman, died on Wednesday in a boat accident in the Ikorodu Area of Lagos State.
Wuzup Naija gathered that the boat, which belongs to a firm – Blue Sea, was journeying from CMS in Lagos Island to Ikorodu when the incident occurred.
According to a passenger who survived the incident, the pregnant woman was initially rescued but died while being rushed to the hospital.
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The cause of the accident had yet to be established as of the time of filing this report.
The corpses of the victims, four male and one female, had been deposited at the morgue of the Ikorodu General Hospital.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency and Management Agency, Adesina Tiamiyu, confirmed the incident.
He said,
“The agency received the distress call at about 5.57 pm and on arrival at the scene, it was observed that a 20-capacity passenger boat belonging to Blue Sea capsized mid-sea en route Ikorodu from Lagos Island
“Unfortunately, five persons – four adult females and one adult male – were confirmed dead and their bodies were deposited at the morgue of the Ikorodu General Hospital. Five persons, comprising four female and one male, were rescued alive.
“The exercise was carried out by the combined efforts of LASEMA, LASWA, LASAMBUS and SEHMU. The number of other rescued victims cannot be ascertained as they were brought to the jetty with other passing boats.”
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He added that recovery efforts were still ongoing.
