The Guardian learnt that two unregistered passenger boats, each carrying 16 passengers, collided in the middle of the lagoon in Imore Town. Both boats capsized, and the passengers and goods were thrown into the water.
Police authorities said yesterday that the Ilashe Police Division received a distress call that two unregistered passenger boats with 32 passengers collided at about 7:00 p.m.
According to Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, a team of conventional and marine police officers, local divers, and other emergency responders were mobilised to the scene. Eleven of the passengers were rescued with injuries and taken to the Naval Hospital, Navy Town, Alakija, for medical attention.
The command said a search and rescue operation was being intensified to recover the bodies of the other victims, and an investigation into the incident had begun.
