Capsized Boat: Death toll rises, fresh corpse recovered in Lagos
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has recovered an additional corpse from the scene of the boat crash at Ikorodu.
Wuraola Alake, the spokeswoman for LASWA, said in an update on the crash on Tuesday in Lagos the boat had been recovered.
She also shed more light on the capsizing in the update.
“In continuation of the 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 still being investigated, 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 nine 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,” said Ms Alake.
The LAWA official added, “At the same time, the other two passengers refused to put down their details. 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.”
At about 7:17 p.m. on Monday, the boat capsized along the Ibeshe-Ikorodu channel en route Ebute Ipakodo Ikorodu.
It had taken off from Addax jetty, Lagos.
In an earlier statement, Ms Alake had announced the recovery of three casualties alongside the rescue of 11 passengers while search and rescue operations continued.
(NAN)
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