One person died in a boat accident that occurred in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Wednesday evening.
According to The PUNCH, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Wuraola Alake, confirmed the development in a statement.
The statement said 15 persons were to have been rescued in the boat crash while one person was declared missing.
The statement said, βAt about 6.50 pm today Wednesday 21, 2024, an Ibeshe bound passenger ferry named T-Ben, having departed from Addax jetty, had a collision with a submerged shoreline concrete at a construction site around the power line corridor at the Lekki Ikoyi Link Bridge.
β15 out of the 17 passengers said to be on board this boat have been rescued with one casualty confirmed, while rescue effort is still ongoing at the time of issuing this statement.β
