An unidentified male adult has been confirmed dead after drowning while riding a jet ski at the Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterways.
An unidentified male adult has been confirmed dead after drowning while riding a jet ski at the Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterwaysOlufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency , disclosed the incident in a statement on Wednesday.
Osanyintolu said the victim drowned as a result of overspeeding and that the agency was unable to recover his body. “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,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.“Efforts are ongoing involving 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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