The Lagos State Waterways Authority, has recovered the body of an unidentified adult male, who drowned while riding on a jet ski at the Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterways in Lagos State on Wednesday.
PUNCH METRO on Wednesday reported that the yet-to-be-identified man drowned while jet skiing at the Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterways.
In a latest development, the General Manager of the agency,Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, has disclosed that the body was discovered by local divers on Friday morning.
According to Emmanuel, the local divers promptly alerted emergency responders after discovering the body.
He said, “Emergency responders found the body on Friday morning with the help of locals in the area. When the locals saw the body, they informed us and we went there to identify and recover it. It has been handed over to the marine police.”
According to the LASWA chief, the deceased’s identification was unknown before he was taken to the marine police.
He said, “We did not have the details of the victim before we gave the body to the marine police. They (the police) will carry out an investigation on his identity.”
