A boat conveying four passengers was said to have capsized around the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos State on Tuesday.
Three of the passengers were rescued while the last passenger was nowhere to be found during the rescue process.
This is coming in less than a week that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu celebrated the successful usage of the waterways by residents 6 months after it was relaunched without any accidents.
The Governor said, “Today, we are celebrating a small but important milestone. In 6 months since we relaunched our bid to allow more residents to use our waterways, we have not had any accidents. Our safety regulations and water patrol teams are working and we are seeing the results.”
The boat was said to have capsized due to the wave of the water.
The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident said a search a rescue operation was still on to locate the missing person.
“On arrival at the incident scene, information gathered was that four adult males on an expedition were inside a local boat which capsized around 4.30pm due to water turbulent.
“The quick collaborative effort of responders in the area were able to rescue three alive while one person is still missing.
“The rescued victims were provided with medical care. A search and rescue operation is still ongoing,” he said.