Ikorodu tragedy: Rescue officials recover corpse

Rescue workers at the site
 

Rescue officials, on Sunday, recovered the corpse of a motorist whose vehicle plunged into Majidun River in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Saturday.

The Toyota Hilux van belonging to Ikoyi Golf Club, with number plate, KS 918 AU, had veered off the road and plunged into the river.

There was also controversy over the number of people in the vehicle as of the time of the incident.

However, the National Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement that the driver, identified as Kolawole Ahmed, was found dead in the river and his corpse had been recovered.

The spokesperson, NEMA, South-West zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the agency was searching the water for more corpses.

He said, “The identified body of Mr. Kolawole Ahmed, who drove the ill-fated Toyota Hilux van was recovered at 8:23am on Sunday.

“The possibility of further recovery is highly remote as the accounts of the eyewitnesses who said four people were in the vehicle contradict the accounts of the Ikoyi Golf Club.

“But emergency agencies are still embarking on further searches. “

The employees of the company said Ahmed was heading for  his house, which was under construction. They explained that the supervision of construction of the house was his daily routine after close of work every day before returning to his house at Ikeja.

NEMA said, “The body had been deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital.

“His relations and co-workers were also there with us for documentation and burial plans because the victim was a Muslim.