By Christopher Oji
Six persons drowned in Lagos within two days earlier in the week, the police have said.
The police said they were still investigating the incidents which occurred between April 10 and 11.
On April 10, at about 10:45 am, one LT commercial bus, with registration number: FKJ-872-YA that was conveying about 20 passengers allegedly had a brake failure, lost control and rammed into the guard rail on top of Third Mainland Bridge, inward Adeniji Adele, Lagos.
As a result, 18 passengers sustained serious injuries, while two others fell into the lagoon. Emergency officials rescued the injured victims and rushed them to a nearby hospital for treatment. However, police marine team was deployed for search and rescue of the two other victims.
The vehicle was recovered and handed over to the Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) for inspection.
Meanwhile the body of one of the accident victims has been recovered while the search for the other victim was still ongoing as at press time.
The police said about 6:17 pm on the same day, a pool attendant at a hotel located at Marina, Lagos Island, reported at Ebute Ero Division that, at about 4 pm, one Fawad Adeyemi, 16, came to their hotel to swim and got drowned; and that the victim was rescued and rushed to General Hospital, Lagos Island, for medical treatment where he was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty. The police said that based on the report, a team of detectives visited the scene; the hospital was also visited where the corpse was inspected and photographed Yet on the same April 10, at about 11 pm, the manager of a guest house located at Mushin reported that about 7:30 pm same day, two young boys drowned while they were swimming in the hotel pool.
According to the police, the victims were rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment where they were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
According to the police, the following day, which was April 11, at about 5:25 pm, a case of drowning was reported at Ibeshe Division. “The complainant stated that his friend, Hakeem Fawas,20, allegedly drowned while they were swimming at Ibeshe Beach.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundyin, confirmed the incidents and said the police were investigating.