A speed boat belonging to Oke’ra-Nla Boat Association in the Ajah area
of Lagos over the weekend capsized leaving four people dead with one
person missing
According
to reports, the boat, with 22 passengers on board, was heading towards Bayeku from Oke-Ira when it
capsized. While some witnesses say the boat hit a stone as it ferried
along the waters, other accounts say another boat hit it from behind after the ill-fated boat experienced boisterous water
waves which the boat could not control from behind, resulting in it capsizing. Continue...
According to Vanguard, Seventeen
persons were rescued while four bodies identified to be the bodies of
some carpenters who were returning from Ajah after a week long job there were recovered. One person's body
is yet to be found. Reports say some pf the passengers refused to wear
their life jackets for fear of contracting the deadly Ebola virus.
Meanwhile
the owner of the boat as well as the operator of the boat are currently
being questioned by the police and the Lagos State Waterways Agency,
LASWA.
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