After several hours of thorough search of the Imude community lagoon, Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos, the remaining three bodies out of the 10 that drowned on Sunday, were finally recovered yesterday by the community search and recovery team.
Vanguard gathered that, one of the three missing bodies was recovered from the lagoon by the team at about 7:00 p.m. on Monday night.
The two other bodies were recovered from the lagoon yesterday.
It would be recalled that five bodies were recovered immediately after the incident occurred last Sunday. And on Monday, two others were recovered.
Confirming the recovery, the Baale of Imude community, Oto-Awori Local Council Development Area, (LCDA), Chief Ajayi Ashade said that the ten bodies have been recovered from the lagoon, adding "the last two were recovered from the lagoon at the early hours of today (yesterday).
The leader of the community search and recovery team, Apostle Kehinde Akerele said that they commenced their exercise as early as 6:00 a.m., which has been their practice since the ugly incident occurred in the community.
Akerele emphasised that the search and recovery of the three remaining bodies was done by his team late on Monday and at the early hours of Tuesday, commending the Commissioner for Rural Development, Mr. Cornelius Ojelabi for releasing the fund to secure the services of a speed boat to intensify the exercise.
...Rituals start
Ashade said yesterday that the community would commence rituals to cleanse the community and to appeal to the gods of the land in order not to experience such an incident again.
According to him, "the rituals will take place at the river bank. Within the nine days of the rites, there will not be restriction of movement within the community."
Vanguard Nigeria