One dead, another missing as passenger boat collides with concrete in Lagos waters

A passenger boat carrying 17 passengers on Wednesday collided with shoreline concrete at a construction site around Lekki Ikoyi Link Bridge, leading to the death of one of the passengers while another passenger is still missing as at the time of filing in this report.

Disclosing this in a statement signed on Wednesday night by the Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Wuraola Alake, the agency said 15 out of the 17 passengers on board have already been rescued while the search for the missing passenger is still ongoing.

According to the LASWA statement, “At about 6.50pm today Wednesday 21, 2024, an Ibeshe bound passenger ferry named Tee Ben having departed from Addax jetty, had a collusion with an unforeseen shoreline concrete at a construction site around the power line corridor at the Lekki Ikoyi Link Bridge.

“About 15 out of the 17 passengers said to be on board this boat have been rescued with one casualty confirmed, while rescue effort is still ongoing as at the time of writing this statement.

“Officers from the Search and Rescue Unit of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, the Marine Unit of the Nigerian Police Force and other relevant agencies were still at the incident location carrying out further rescue Operations.”