
BOAT MISHAP IN LEKKI: ONE DEAD, ONE MISSING, FIFTEEN RESCUED (VIDEO)
At about 6.50pm today Wednesday 21, 2024, an Ibeshe bound passenger ferry named Tee Ben having departed from Addax jetty, had a collusion with an unforeseen shoreline concrete at a construction site around the power line corridor at the Lekki Ikoyi Link Bridge.
A statement by the Public Affairs Officer of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Wuraola Alake, said that 15 out of the 17 passengers said to be on board this boat have been rescued with one casualty confirmed, while rescue effort is still ongoing as at the time of writing this statement.
Officers from the Search and Rescue Unit of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, the Marine Unit of the Nigerian Police Force and other relevant agencies were still at the incident location carrying out further rescue Operations.
More details soon.
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