- All efforts by the friends of the brothers and local divers to rescue them proved abortive.
Tragedy struck on Christmas day at Ibeshe in Lagos when two brothers drowned at a Beach in the area.
The incident happened at about 6.00 pm when the siblings were swimming with their friends at the Ibeshe beach, the Lagos state police spokesman SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told NAN on Thursday.
He disclosed that someone reported the incident to the police, adding that the siblings were aged 26 and 23.
According to Hundeyin, the deceased brothers surname is Adegboyega and their family resides in Festac Town.
The image maker said all efforts by the friends of the brothers and local divers to rescue them proved abortive, after which the incident was reported to the police.
Hundeyin said detectives visited the scene where the deceased drowned.
He said that local divers were employed to locate the bodies and the family of the deceased was informed of the incident.