Man drowns during church beach get-together in Lagos

An unidentified 34-year-old man has died after drowning in the Elegushi Beach, in Lagos State, on Saturday, October 28, during a church get-together.

It was gathered that an Ikorodu-based church had organized a hangout for its youths which the deceased was a part of.

Concerns grew when members of the church were about to leave the beach that Saturday afternoon but couldn’t locate him anywhere.

The church members then began searching for him, someone informed them that they had seen him go into the water, and Lifeguards and divers were immediately alerted but efforts to locate him in the water proved abortive.

However, it was later gathered that his body was recovered on Tuesday, October 31, by lifeguards at the beach.

According to a source whose name is withheld, stated that “A church from Ikorodu had come to Elegushi beach for a hangout on Saturday. They were just young people who came around to have fun; about 35 of them came that Saturday.

“It happened that late in the afternoon when they were packing up to leave, they called everyone to make sure that they were all accounted for, 35 of them before they left. That was how they realized that one of them, John, was missing.

“Then they started searching for him that evening. Then, someone told one of them that he had seen the guy walk towards the water thinking he knew how to swim.

“The group then called lifeguards and divers to help search for him that Saturday, but they didn’t find him until yesterday, Tuesday, at about 1 p.m., when they recovered his body at the beach.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, adding that the family of the victim has been contacted and the body of the victim has also been deposited at the Yaba General Hospital for an autopsy.