The Lagos State Waterways Authority on Friday said that all the bodies of June 29 boat mishap’s victims had been found and handed over to their relatives.
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Oluwadamilola Emmanuel told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that 12 corpses had so far been found in the rescue operations.
The Lagos State Waterways Authority has recovered 12 bodies so far in the latest boat mishap on the Badore-Ijede sea route which occurred on June 29.
In a statement signed by the General Manager as a fallout of the boat mishap on June 29, 2019, he confirmed the incident, adding that three passengers have been rescued, seven found dead, while others are still missing.
The Lagos State Waterways Authority on Monday said one more body had been recovered, now making seven people confirmed dead in a Saturday night boat mishap on Lagos Waterway.
The Lagos State Government and the National Inland Waterways Authority on Monday expressed readiness to go into talks to facilitate amicable resolution of the age-long tussle between the federal agency and the Lagos State Inland Waterways Authority over regulation and control of the waterways.
The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, on Monday commended Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for his achievements in office, saying posterity would be kind to him.
Speaking to journalists at the weekend, the Managing Director of LASWA, Damilola Emmanuel, said the Authority has intensified campaign to emphasize the use of life jackets by all waterways users.
Marinho told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the rescue team recovered the lifeless body of the 38-year-old shipping company executive, identified as Isaac Akere, at 7am