It was gathered that the incident occurred after the boat which was conveying 17 people from Badore in the Ajah area of Lagos to Ijedeh in Ikorodu, Lagos State capsized.
According to the Spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in the Southwest region, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told Channels Television through a telephone call that, thirteen of the occupants of the boat were rescued while one reportedly died in a hospital in Ajah.
The remaining twelve are said to be receiving treatment in the hospital.
As at the time of the phone call, Mr. Farinloye explains how the incident happened.
“We received a distress call at about 10:25am about a boat mishap with seventeen passengers on board, immediately we mobilized the Marine Police, National Island Waterways and Lagos State Waterways Agency to search and rescue the victims
He explained that the cause of the accident was a pile up of sand along their route which the boat did not see and ran into it.
He added that two more people are yet to be found although there are conflicting reports from the different rescue agencies but he added that “some people are dead while eleven people have been rescued”.
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