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Below is a statement from the Lagos state emergency management agency(LASEMA);

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpMPLzkmEqY

On getting to the scene of the incident, the LASEMA Response Team, Lion Squad, at Agbowa discovered that a boat en route Ikorodu jetty terminal from Ebute – Ero (Lagos Island) via Lagos waterways capsized at the wee hours of Friday, 4th July 2020 at Ipakodo ferry terminal. Unfortunately, six adult females lost their lives to the incident and were recovered by local divers. The boat captain and his assistant could not be found as a search and rescue efforts are ongoing to recover the victims.

The 6 corpses have been deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital morgue. LASEMA Response Team, LRT, the Nigeria Police Force Ipakodo division, Lagos State Ambulance Services, LASAMBUS Officials and Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, Officials were the responders present at the incident scene.

All efforts by the LASEMA Team to get the manifest of the boat proved abortive as the LASWA Officials at Ikorodu jetty could not establish the number of passengers on board from Ebute – Ero.

Dr. Olufemi Damilola Osanyintolu, the Director-General/CEO LASEMA, noted that despite the huge investment of the State Government to encourage water transportation and the need for Lagosians to explore water transportation as an alternative means of transportation due to congestion on our roads, it is important for all passengers and boat operators to imbibe safety culture, and also comply with the rules and regulations of the regulatory bodies in charge of water transportation and safety in the State while noting that proper investigation is on ongoing by the security operatives to ascertain the real cause of the incident.

IKORODU Boat Mishap : LASEMA in Search and Rescue of mising passengers

On getting to the scene of the incident, the LASEMA Response Team, Lion Squad, at Agbowa discovered that a boat enroute Ikorodu jetty terminal from Ebute - Ero (Lagos Island) via lagos waterways capsized pic.twitter.com/L7Z62IBTDt

— Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (@followlasema) July 4, 2020

God help us. Sad one there. RIP to the dead.

Please let's always use recommended PPEs while on water movement.

Anything water bodies , I did rather trek



Rest In Peace to them

Was it not last week they boasted about not having boat mishap in Lagos?

The saddest part of all the deaths in this clime is highly avoidable. RIP to the lost ones.

A country of over 200 million is remaining 100 million. God Airpus Oooo !

Death is just everywhere. May their souls find eternal rest with God.

I pray God keep and guide us and our families this period and beyond, no one shall die before his/her appointed time, the arrows that fly by the day and the weapon of the destruction that the enemy has unleashed at night against us "God's children" shall crumble in the most powerful Jesus name.

It is well with us.

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Even God that Created me knows that I can never enter that thing.


I dey even reason say boat dey okay pass canoe but as I see this now, boat ooo, canoe, ship oo, marine ooo. I no dey enter anytin again

Anytin ontop of water. I am not interested again...


Even if I can't walk, I will Rather crawl than take a boat


Pls check my signature

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Lord have mercy, 2020 coman be going

Rip

May God have mercy on their soul and grant them eternal rest

R.i.p to them

RIP to the dead

Hmmm

Something must kill a man

Mhen,it's a cold world
Rip To the death

No manifest

I thought there used to be safety jackets in these commercial boats. So how come people still get drowned? Hm.

RIP.

Nigeria is rough.

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2020 please for goodness sake please be nice to us.

Sobad

May dey soul RIP..

A big lost to their families
And the families and the deads loves one will understand.. even Lagos Government can't feel the pain

But the family of the dead


RIP To The Death


Now is never a good time to sick

Come to talk of death

Now is not a good time to die


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RIP to them all

See that lady wey set. This life na wah o

a healthy person left home for work only to return in a body bag...oh lord have mercy

Hie

Na wa o. Government should do bridges over all water bodies to avoid stories that touch.

life is indeed what happens while we are busy making plans

Sad

all the money they poured in yet no floaters for passagers i tot they made it a must