04/07/20
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DANIELS G. O
PRESS RELEASE
A Passenger boat with fourteen people on board has capsized in Ebute -Ero Axis of Lagos state.
The boat was said to be carrying the fourteen people on a local boat expedition when it capsized around 8pm having departed Ebute-Ero enroute Ikorodu in violation of night time restrictions on water travel.
Two bodies were recovered while 10 people were rescued when a boat capsized.
The Director General, Lagos state emergency management agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu who confirmed the incident said search and rescue operations commenced under extremely challenging nightfall conditions .
The Captain of the boat according to search and rescue team is still missing.