5 Dead As Inexperienced Captain Turns Over Ferry In Lagos

A ferry with 20 passengers and two crew member inside turned over at Ikorodu area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Saturday when all Muslims celebrated the Sallah festival. At least five people have been confirmed dead and 17 others rescued.

According to PM News, about an hour and a half after the incident, the Lagos state command and control centre received a distress call about the ferry that was capsized at Bayeku, Igbogbo area of Ikorodu Waterways.
General manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Michael Akindele, confirmed that 15 passengers and 2 crew members were rescued by local fishermen around Bayeku Jetty, Igbogbo.

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Scene of the boat tragedy. Photo credit: PM News.

Four rescued reportedly were taken to Micai Hospital at Bayeku Oduloye bus stop. Three passengers are presently responding to treatment while one had been confirmed dead. While seven others were taken to Ikorodu General Hospital where four were confirmed dead. Two out of seven were already discharged while one person is in a critical condition.

The deased were four adult male and one female.
The captain of the boat that was not in a good condition was said to be inexperienced. The captain allegedly was over-speeding when the boat developed some fault in its steering and thereafter capsized, the investigation revealed.

The captain had been arrested and being questioned by marine police from Awolowo Road, Ikoyi.
Source: PM News

MOTOR CYCLE RIDERS KILL TOLL COLLECTORS IN IKORODU

Trouble is brewing at the Igbo-Olomu community in Ikorodu Lagos state, following the murder of two men by suspected motorcycle riders.

It was gathered that the deceased said to be toll-collectors, allegedly seized the motorcycles of suspected Hausa men whose identities were given as Mohammad and Hassan.

A cross-section of motorcycle riders.

In a swift, the motor cyclists stormed the base of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to retrieve their bikes, but a fight started which led to the alleged killing of the toll-collectors.

A source said: “These boys called themselves ticketers but in actual fact, they are omo niles who just feel that they can oppress non indigenes working in their community. That fateful day, the ticketers stopped the okada riders and they demanded money.
They have been collecting money from bus riders and commercial motorcycle riders called okada with impunity. The Hausa ‘Okada riders’ refused to give them the money and they seized their bikes and took them away.

However, the ‘abokis’ organised themselves and went to recover the bike. That was how a fight started and two of the ticketers were killed. The Okada riders ran away but there is tension in the community as the Yoruba youth are hunting for northerners in the area.

The elders have tried to intervene, while the police have been invited into the matter.
Source: Naij.com

TRAFFIC BUILDS UP AS ANOTHER TRUCK SKIDS ON IKORODU-SAGAMU ROAD BY LASPOTECH CAMPUS

At the moment, the traffic along Ikorodu-Shagamu expressway is gathering momentum as report says an articulated truck has just skidded off along Ikorodu-Shagamu expressway causing  serious vehicular obstruction in the axis.

Naij.com gathered that the truck conveying a 40-foot container slud side way while in motion at winners bus stop in Ikorodu few hours ago.

Scene of the accident                                                                               Photo: News Agency Of Nigeria

This medium observed that motorists and motor cyclists were meandering their way through the axis. Report however, states no life was lost.

A group of persons who spoke with this medium on the incident urged the government and respective authorities to ensure such mishaps are averted while dilapidated roads are properly fixed.

It is instructive to note that the road has been a menace to road users on this axis for over six years, with state and federal government carrying out minor palliative measures on the road.

Source: NAN, Naij.com

FG will soon commence free feeding for school children - VP Osinbajo

 
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would soon start giving primary school children free meals, Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said, on Tuesday. According to Osinbajo, who said this at the 45th Annual Accountants Conference in Abuja, the free feeding scheme was a core project of the Federal Government that would in turn create about 1.14 million jobs and lead to increase in food production.

He said the government would be investing more in the people, education and job creation noting that better educated population increases economic potential for productivity.

He added that the All Progressives Congress has made a commitment to provide one-meal-a-day for all primary school students; that would create jobs in agriculture, including poultry, catering and delivery services. He decried the high rate of unemployment despite increase in oil sales, Gross Domestic Product and foreign reserves during the previous administrations.

Source: thesummary.com.ng