The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has recovered the bodies of two persons that drowned at Barracuda Beach in Ajah, Lagos, on December 26, 2022.
The two male adults drowned while rescuing another male adult from drowning before the high tide of the ocean drowned them.
A statement by LASEMA said that the Agency formed a Joint Search Party with Lagos State Waterways, Local divers, and other stakeholders under the supervision of the Director of Operations, Engr. Olatunde Akinsanya for successful rescue operations.
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The statement informed that on December 27, which was the second day of the search and rescue operation, the Team found one body out of the two bodies at the seashore of a neighbouring community, Okun Mopo.
The body was then bagged and handed over to relatives of the deceased.
Subsequently, on the third day of the search and rescue, which was December 28, the second body was discovered at the same Okun Mopo.
The body was handed over to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) for onward transfer to the morgue.
