The National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed one woman dead, when a vehicle plunged
into Mekwe lagoon, near Bonny camp, Lagos, on Saturday night.
The woman was reportedly
identified as one Chinagorom Adibe Fustine, who died after the car plunged into
the Lagoon at Mekwen Bridge Bonny camp inward Marina on Saturday, February 18,
2017, at about 7:47pm.
NEMA spokesman, Ibrahim
Farinloye, told newsmen in Lagos that the KIA Ultima SE model, with
registration number MUS 38 BL, had only two passengers when the incident
occurred.
Farinloye said the vehicle
was recovered by the agency with the dead woman while her driver escaped,
unhurt, on his own. He said the spot at which
the incident occurred is the most turbulent in the whole of West Africa. “A car with two passengers
plunged into Melee river near Bonny camp in Lagos Island on Saturday evening.
“The vehicle was later
recovered with dead woman by the agency while her driver, who identified
himself as Felix Aniele, escaped unhurt as he swam out to the river bank,
leaving Chinagorom Adibe Fustine trapped in the car. “The river spot where the
incident occurred is the most turbulent spot in the whole of West Africa,” he
said. He appealed to motorists
to drive safely on the highways.
One dead as vehicle plunges into Lagos lagoon
Reviewed by Nene Sochi-Okereke
on
Monday, 20 February 2017
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