(News) 3 dead as boat capsizes in Badagry

Three boat passengers drowned while 17 were rescued by theMarine Police when a commercial boat capsized on Badagry waterways on Wednesday, Dec. 22.

The boat took off from Liverpool in Lagos but capsized at Imoba near Ajido on Badagry waterways.

All passengers were thrown into the water.

The Marine police who were on patrol rescued 17 people. Sadly, 3 people died.

The boat incident has been blamed on a mechanical fault.