NIWA reports boat mishap at Mile 2, says operator flouted waterways rules of late travelling
The National Inland Waterways has reported an incident of boat mishap at Mile 2 area of Lagos.
NIWA said the Authority and the Lagos State Waterways Authority received a distress call of an incident on the waterways on Saturday the 8th of July 2022 at about 7.45.
NIWA in a statement signed by the area manager Lagos, Engr Sarat Braimah stated that a W19 passenger Fibre boat carrying 16 people people capsized along the Ojo area of the state.
According to Braimah, the Boat going from Mile 2 to Ibeshe in Ojo axis broke the waterways rules of late travelling by setting sail at 7.45pm.
In her statement, the NIWA Lagos area manager explained that: “As he set out, the tide of the water drifted the boat to a stationary barge which caused the boat to overturn. It is said that all passengers on board which includes children were not all putting on their life jackets.
The Search and Rescue team of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), National Inland Waterways (NIWA) and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were immediately mobilized to the scene of the incident but unfortunately could only find the boat after several hours while efforts are still ongoing to locate the victims”.
She concluded that the Boat is currently in the custody of Marine Police while the Boat Captain is also unaccounted for as at the time of the press statement.
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