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Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by Obascoetubi: 7:56pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Irawe area of Ojo , Lagos, after a canoe conveying fourteen school children capsized. Six of them reportedly drowned, while eight of them including the driver were rescued. The incident occurred after a fibre canoe reportedly ran into the passenger boat at about 9am. As at time of writing this report, the rescued children , some of whom were said to be primary school pupils and secondary school students who were on their way to school, were responding to treatment at the Igando general hospital, where they were rushed to. However, three of them said to have swam their way to safety were discharged from the hospital at about 5pm. Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority,LASEMA who were contacted , reportedly stormed the scene to commence rescue work. But as at 7pm, bodies of the eight missing children were yet to be found. The South West spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency , Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the incident. He said : “The 14 school children were being conveyed across Ojo to Irawe jetty, to school. Six children are yet to be recovered as I speak. Searches will continue tomorrow” http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/six-school-children-drown-as-boat-capsize-in-lagos/ |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by Emekamex(m): 7:56pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
RIP to them |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by mecuzee(m): 7:58pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
Eya. RIP! |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by IlekeHD: 7:59pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
RIP We need swimming schools for children, esp those that like the lagoon. |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by Karlman: 8:00pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
RIP |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by eleko1: 8:01pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
Rickety canoe without life jacket.Have Mercy Lord .. |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by VickJames(m): 8:12pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
RIP to the deceased. |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by hakeem4(m): 8:13pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
Pele |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by xavier0327(f): 8:44pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
Lagos Govt has to do something about the traffic situation. ..am sure this is all in the name of evading traffic. ...RIP GENTLE SOULS |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by seedgreen(m): 9:47pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
Following |
Re: Six School Children Drown, As Boat Capsize In Lagos by jammani(m): 10:09pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
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