Boat with 16 passengers flouts waterways regulation, capsizes in Mile 2. 

Another boat mishap involving sixteen passengers has occured in Mile 2 area of Lagos State on Friday.

In a statements by the Lagos State Waterways Authority and National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA, at about 7.45pm on the 8th of July 2022, The Lagos State Waterways Authority and National Inland Waterways Authority received a distress call of an incident on the waterways.

The stated that A W19 passenger Fibre boat carrying 16 people capsized along the Ojo area of the state.

The Boat which was said to be going from Mile 2 to Ibeshe in Ojo axis, broke the waterways rules of late travelling by setting sail at 7pm.

“As he set out, the tide of the water drifted the boat to a stationary barge which caused the boat to overturn. It is said that all passengers on board which include children were not all putting on their life jackets.

“The Search and Rescue team of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), National Inland Waterways (NIWA) Nigerian Marine Police  and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were  immediately mobilized to the scene of the incident but unfortunately could only find the boat after several hours  while efforts are still ongoing to locate the victims.

“The Boat is currently in the custody of Marine Police. The Boat Captain is also unaccounted for as at the time of this press release.”