At about 6:10pm today the 13th of August 2019 two passenger boats had a head on collision along the creek in Ojo local Govt Area of Lagos State,

There were 10 passengers in a boat coming from Ojo jetty and 8 passengers in another coming from the irewe community when the incident occurred.
18 passengers in total were involved with 13 rescued alive, 3 fatalities and 2 still missing.(an adult and a child) as at press time

Search and Rescue operation is ongoing by Relevant state Agencies and the Local Community who were the first responders.

Preliminary investigations by the Authority revealed that the incident was caused due to reckless driving on the part of boat captains as one of them wasn’t in his right of way.

Further investigations would be thoroughly carried out by the Authority and those found wanting will be sanctioned according.
Oluwadamilola Emmanuel
General Manager
Lagos State Waterways Authority

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