No fewer than six passengers have been confirmed dead, while four others were rescued, following a boat accident along the Nigerdock axis of the Igbologun Water Channel in Lagos.
The Lagos State Waterways Authority and the National Inland Waterways Authority disclosed this in a joint statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the Head of the Public Affairs Unit at LASWA, Wuraola Alake, and the Head of the Corporate Affairs Unit at the Lagos Area Office of NIWA, Omowunmi Yussuff.
According to the statement, the accident, which involved a Savvy marine passenger boat, occurred at about 8:35 p.m. on Tuesday while the vessel was en route from the Ilashe Beach House.
The waterways authorities said that upon receiving a distress alert, search and rescue teams were immediately activated and deployed to the scene, working in close collaboration with the Marine Police and other first responders.