An unidentified teenager drowned at
the Bar Beach, Lagos as revellers
celebrated Eid-el-fitri in the area on
Friday.
A fun seeker, who witnessed the
incident and identified himself simply
as Michael, said there was a heavy
traffic of persons at the beach while
there were only two live guards on
duty.
It is usual in metropolitan cities like
Lagos for residents to go to the
beaches during important national
celebrations, especially when holidays
have been declared.
According to the witness, the teenage
boy was spotted by a few people who
were standing at the tip of the ocean.
He said three unidentified young men
made frantic attempts to see if they
could rescue the drowning boy, but
they could not muster enough courage
to move into the centre of the ocean.
He said the high waves of the surging
ocean were too much for the
volunteers, who eventually gave up the
idea of saving the victim.
According to him, all the fun seekers
around watched helplessly as the boy
struggled and was finally submerged by
water.
However, other fun seekers continued
with their fun as if nothing had
happened.
It was learnt that nobody came out to
complain about a missing person
before most of the fun seekers left the
beach.
It was leant that a young lady initially
raised the alarm, believing erroneously
that the victim was her brother, but
she soon kept calm when she saw her
own brother.
Spokesperson for the National
Emergency Management Agency,
Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed the
tragedy on Friday, told Saturday
PUNCH that the victim had not been
identified.
"The body has been taken to the
mortuary. It is just sad that this had to
happen despite the warnings we issued
that people should stay off the beach
because of an impending ocean surge,"
he said.
Farinloye said the warning issued by
NEMA stated that there might be an
ocean surge of a minimum of four days
and maximum of five days, appealing to
revellers to avoid swimming at the
beach for some days.
"People are allowed to go to the
beach but they should not swim. For
some months, the ocean had been
monitored and the warnings NEMA
issued were consistent with the signs
that were noticed, which showed that
there might be an ocean surge," he
said.
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Booked

Do pple stil visit dat f*** up beach??

emperorchedda: Do pple stil visit dat f*** up beach??

yep

Sad

Oyinprince: Sad

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