3 people rescued, 1 missing as boat capsized in Lekki Lagos state


One individual has been accounted for missing after a nearby pontoon cruising along Lekki shoreline overturned on Tuesday.

As per reports, the pontoon passing on four men who were on an undertaking, was improved by choppiness. Three of the travelers were safeguarded after the occurrence. 

The General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, affirmed that quest was progressing for one of the travelers of the pontoon. 

''At about 4.30 pm on the 23rd of June 2020, a neighborhood pontoon with four (4) grown-up guys on a sailing campaign were inside a vessel which overturned because of water disturbance. 

The brisk community exertion of responders in the zone had the option to save three alive while one individual is as yet absent. The saved casualties were given clinical consideration and discharged. 

Service of Physical Planning and Urban Development, LASWA, Lagos State Material Testing Laboratory and Lagos State Building Control Agency were on the ground close by LRT responders at the episode scene. 

Salvage exertion is as yet progressing for the missing individual as it was found that all inhabitants on board didn't have lifejackets on. Marine police will complete the further examination while Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and LASWA will likewise proceed with the quest for the missing person."Emmanuel said

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