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Personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT Lagos, on Sunday, rescued twelve drowning passengers of an outward engine boat which capsized along Takwa Bay area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the incident was caused by waves from another boat transiting the same area at about 8:10 pm.
The passengers of the ill-fated boat shouted for help to no avail until personnel of the NNS Beecroft who were at the vicinity on routine patrol were alerted.
The Western Naval Command Information Officer, Commander Thomas Otuji, in a statement, said:
“The personnel were deployed to the scene for search and rescue operations. All passengers onboard the ill-fated boat were rescued alive and conveyed to the Naval Medical Centre, Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island Lagos, for immediate medical care.
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Navy rescues 12 drowning passengers in Lagos
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By Evelyn Usman
Twelve drowning passengers of an outward engine boat which capsized along Takwa Bay area of Lagos, were Sunday night rescued by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, Lagos.
The incident was said to have been caused by waves from another boat transiting the same area at about 8:10pm.
Report said that passengers of the ill fated boat shouted for help but none was forth coming , until personnel of the NNS Beecroft who were at the vicinity on routine patrol were alerted.
Explaining how they were rescued, the Western Naval Command Information Officer, Commander Thomas Otuji, said ” The personnel were deployed to the scene for search and rescue operations.