Three children of a 40-year-old man, Najeem Oseni, have yet to be found following a canoe tragedy that occurred at Imude in Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Sunday.
The children – Suleiman, Wasiu (males) and Risikat (female) – were among the 10 passengers that boarded the canoe from Idoluwo on their way to Ikotun in the LCDA.
Their father, Oseni, evoked sympathy as he bemoaned the fate that befell him when officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority and naval men attached to it continued their recovery operations.
The grief-stricken father said, “My children were coming from Idoluwo where they went to celebrate Eid-el- Kabir with my family.
“Let someone tell me I am dreaming. How can I lose three children at a time? My children are better dead than missing.”
Oseni said amid sorrow that his children were going back to Imude where they lived.
Although he insisted that he would not leave the shore until his children were found, sympathisers persuaded him to leave the scene.
The residents of the community blamed the accident on the recklessness of operators of a speed boat sailing through the waterways.
The General Manager of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said five bodies had been recovered on Sunday evening.
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