Two persons including a man
identified as Mr Idowu Lawal and a female identified as Fatima have been
confirmed dead while 14 others were rescued after a boat capsized in the Igando
area of Lagos state around 8pm on Wednesday October 1st.
According to Vanguard, the boat took
off from Akesan and was heading to Imoshe in Ogun state, when it capsized
almost immediately. Witnesses said the boat couldn’t withstand the tides of the
river.
Unfortunately none of passengers
wore a life jacket.
After the boat capsized, some
passengers who could swim swam to the shore of the river while local fishermen
present at the time of the incident were able to rescue some others.
Unfortunately two people were unable to survive it.
The boat operators didn’t tell the
police about the unfortunate incident as no report was made to the Igando
police station.
A police source said even the
families of those who died in the mishap had not come to them to lay any
complaint.
Omolara, a relative of Mr Idowu
Lawal whose body is still missing, said her brother was on his way home to
attend to his expectant wife who called him to tell her she was about to give
birth
“Lawal was a mechanic. He had three
children.
His pregnant wife called him on the
phone to rush home that she was in labour.
I believe he decided to take this
route so as to get home early.
Ordinarily, he had a phobia for
river.
The challenge we are confronted with
is how to get his recovered bodies.
I cannot find the person that called
me on phone. He has absconded with the body out of fear of being arrested by
the Police.” she said
The other deceased, Fatima is said
to be a petty trader who had gone to buy jewelries which she intended to sell
before Salah celebration tomorrow.
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