Three persons have been rescued from a boat which capsized at Ogogoro village, Boulos, Navy Town, Apapa, Lagos on Friday, the National Emergency Management Agency said.
This information was contained in a statement issued by NEMA in Lagos.
It stated that the three persons included a child, a woman and the boat operator.
The statement said that the incident occurred around 12:05am and the boat conveying the woman and her child was travelling without headlights when it collided with a bigger boat.
The occupants of the boat were rescued by the Nigerian Navy Special Unit, National Inland Waterways Agency, NEMA and the Police Disaster Response Unit.
The NEMA Information Officer, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the survivors were taken to an undisclosed private hospital in Apapa.
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