A yet-to-be-identified adult male has drowned while riding on a jet ski on Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterways in Lagos.
According to Vanguard, an eyewitness said the tragic incident occurred at about 6. pm on Wednesday evening.
The Permanent Secretary, PS, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the unfortunate incident.
Oke-Osanyitolu said, “It was discovered by the agency’s responders on duty at the Lekki base that an unidentified male adult drowned at the Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterways as a result of overspeeding while he was riding on a jet ski at the said location.
“Efforts are ongoing involving Lagos State Water Ways, LASWA, divers, and LASEMA officials to retrieve the body of the adult male whose body has unfortunately sunk too deep to be rescued.”
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