It would be recalled that last February, similar incident occurred in the council with five passengers, mainly school pupils, drowning.
Vanguard learnt that the boat capsized at about 11:00 a.m., due to the high tide experienced at the early hours of the day, following the rainfall which occurred late on Saturday.
Confirming the report, the General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said that five bodies have since been recovered from the river.
Oke-Osanyintolu explained “the boat was en route Imude from Ido-Oluwo, a riverine community in Oto-Awori LCDA.
According to him; “Immediately the agency was contacted, it deployed its search and rescue team to the scene of the incident. And since then, five bodies have been recovered from the river.”
Although he did not disclose the names of those whose bodies were recovered, he said that the five were aged between 10 and 16 years respectively.
When vanguard contacted the Baale of Ido-Oluwo, he declined comments, saying he was yet to be briefed properly on the cause of the incident.
Monday 29 October 2012
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/10-drown-in-lagos-boat-mishap-as-lasema-recovers-5-bodies/
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