SEVEN PERSONS HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY DEAD WHILE COMMUTING BETWEEN IKORODU AND LAGOS ISLAND IN THE PAST ONE WEEK
By Olayiwola Ibrahim // A commuter who frequents the Ikorodu-Island water route has told FIJ that Lagos Ferry Services Lagferry and the Lagos State Waterways Authority LASWA have failed to safeguard passengers.
According to a commuter, Ibrahim Owoseni who spoke with FIJ said no fewer than Four people died after their boat capsized yesterday, it wasn’t even a full week after a previous boat mishap killed three passengers here on Tuesday.
Ibrahim stated that he live in Ikorodu and he goes through this route almost every day when I go to work on the island noting that we have noticed repeated accidents and fatal mishaps on the waterways.
He said the accident has become very disturbing that LASWA and the National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA are not doing much to improve securing lives and properties while we travel on water.
Boats, carbuses and ferries are capsizing every month, and you cannot even tell if you will be the next.
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