Boss98.9 FM
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has recovered an additional corpse from the scene of the boat mishap at Ikorodu.
Wuraola Alake, Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), said in an update on the accident on Tuesday in Lagos, that the submerged boat had also been recovered.
She Said in search and rescue operations on the current mishap involving Oluwaseyifunmi boat, one additional corpse has been recovered along with the submerged boat from the scene of the incident.
The exact cause of this incident is under investigation, as some of the rescued passengers denied the claim that the affected boats were engaged in boat racing.
The passenger at the Addax Jetty filled out no manifest before passengers boarded the
boat, but 9 out of the 11 rescued passengers later filled out the manifest at the Ibeshe ferry terminal after LASAWA and other first responders had rescued them, other two passengers refused to put down their details
According to Alake, Eleven passengers were confirmed to be alive, while the recovered casualties have been handed over to the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) and the State Environmental Health Management Unit (SEHMU)
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat, at about 7.17 p.m. on Feb. 26, had an accident along the Ibeshe/Ikorodu channel en route to Ebute Ipakodo Ikorodu.
