A 26-year-old man identified as Olubusade Olamilekan drowned at Alpha Beach, in the Igbo Efon area of Lekki, Lagos State on Monday, August 22.
The deceased accompanied by his older brother, Ayorinde, and two others went to the beach to have some fun, according to The Vanguard.
However, tragedy struck when one of them noticed Olamilekan drowning and raised an alarm. Before help could get to him, he had already drowned.
“The plan was to take me out on Sunday. My late brother’s two friends: Rasaq Olanrewaju and Afolabi Felix, accompanied us to the beach by 2 pm on Monday. My brother and Felix went swimming by 4.45 pm.
“All of a sudden, the whole fun stopped. Felix ran to where I was sitting and informed me that Olamilekan had drowned. All efforts to rescue him failed.” Ayorinde said.
The spokesperson of the state Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, August 23, said that his body was yet to be recovered.
“Meanwhile, search and rescue operations by Marine police and local divers, with a view to recovering the body are being intensified. Investigation is in progress,” Hundeyin said.
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