There are palpable fears that four teenage boys who went to the Elegushi Beach in Lagos State on Tuesday to celebrate their success in the recently released West African Examination Council (WAEC) results may have drowned.
The management of Elegushi Beach has described as unfortunate the incident that occurred at a section of the beach.
Chief Ayuba Elegushi, on behalf of the beach management, said this in a statement made available to newsmen.
Elegushi explained that the incident occurred at an unmanned section of the beach area, which was not open to the public.
According to him, about 10 teenage boys visited the beach on Tuesday morning, to celebrate their success in the recently released WAEC results.
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He said while the beach authority and security team turned them back, the boys took a detour and went to an unmanned section of the beach area to swim.
He noted that unfortunately, about 10 of them were almost drowning before the beach security were alerted to the scene and six of them were rescued alive while four were still missing as at press time.
“While the matter has been reported at the Ilasan Police Station, effort is still on to find the missing boys,” he said.
The four were students of Kuramo Senior College Lekki. The incident happened after the students, aged between 14 and 16, who collected their results from school decided to go swimming at the beach.
After the incident, three of the remaining six students ran away while three waited behind.
Confirming the incident, the Lagos State police command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said four teenagers drowned at a Lagos beach today, after collecting their exam results in school.”
Hundeyin advised parents and guardians to have a heart-to-heart talk with their teenagers on the dangers of swimming in unmanned beaches and swimming pools to avoid losing them.
Recall that on June 12, three siblings of the same parents drowned in a swimming pool in their residence in Ajah, Lagos.
The children, all girls, aged 14, 7, and 3 drowned when their parents went to an event and the children left their house to swim at the pool within their estate.
Their bodies were later found motionless in the pool by some residents and security members.
Elegushi Beach, a private beach located in the Lekki area of Lagos State, is owned by the Elegushi royal family.