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Lagos arraigns boat driver for death of 12 passengers

[FILES] Boat driver, Happiness Elebiju, suspected to have caused the incident that killed 12 persons at Ilashe Waterfront on July 29. Photo; HOTNEWSNAIJA

A commercial boat driver, Happiness Elebiju, suspected to have caused the incident that killed 12 persons at Ilashe Waterfront on July 29, was yesterday arraigned before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja. Elebiju was arraigned before Justice Josephine…

Lagos arraigns boat driver for death of 12 passengers

[FILES] Boat driver, Happiness Elebiju, suspected to have caused the incident that killed 12 persons at Ilashe Waterfront on July 29. Photo; HOTNEWSNAIJA

A commercial boat driver, Happiness Elebiju, suspected to have caused the incident that killed 12 persons at Ilashe Waterfront on July 29, was yesterday arraigned before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja.

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At least 9 people were confirmed dead when a boat with 19 passengers onboard capsized in the middle of the lagoon at Ilashe.

The incident reportedly occurred at around 3pm, with the passengers made up of mostly mainly traders and locals.

In a reaction by the Managing Director of Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, Engr Abisola Kamson, the State Government attributed the unfortunate mishap to overloading of passengers on a Banana Boat and operation of illegal jetty.

Kamson said four victims of the mishap who were rescued are  receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, while search and rescue operation was still on-going.

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Going into details of the mishap, Kamson said: “An unfortunate incident occurred at Ilashe today Sunday August 20th arising from overloading of passengers on a Banana boat taking off from an illegal Jetty which has become a perennial issue of the Lagos State Government to rid our Waterfront areas of illegal operators.

“We sympathize with the families of the deceased as nine lives were lost in the mishap and four people receiving treatment in the hospital.

“The LASWA rescue team has been on ground and search is still on-going. This brings to fore again the need for NIWA to allow the judgement of the Appeal Court granting Lagos Control of her waterways to take effect without hindrance.

“It is a matter for regret that ever since the judgement was pronounced, NIWA has ejected all State Water Guards monitoring standards from all Federal owned jetties. In spite of this, the Government of Lagos State aligns with the safety of citizens on the waterways. All Lagosians are enjoined to wear standard life jackets at all times on our Waterways,” Kamson said.

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