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Three dead, 17 rescued as commercial boat capsizes in Badagry
Three people have drowned, while 17 others were rescued by marine police, when a commercial boat capsized in Badagry area of Lagos state.
According to NAN, the boat was said to have taken off from Liverpool area on Wednesday, but capsized at Imoba near Ajido on the Badagry waterway.
The boat was said to have developed a mechanical fault.
“As the boat stopped suddenly, it capsized, throwing all the passengers on board into the water,” a police source said.
“It was at this point that the marine police on the waterway patrol came to rescue them.
“At the end of operation, 17 passengers including three children were rescued while three of them died in the water.”
The officer added that two of the three bodies were retrieved for burial by the families of the victims.
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