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National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of a couple and their 17-month-old died after a boat accident in Badagry, Lagos.
The accident was said to have occurred in the early hours of yesterday when a passenger boat from Pathfinder rammed into a fibre boat coming from Iyafin.
The family boarded a paddling canoe without light at Marine jetty Badagry, Lagos state on Wednesday night and few metres from takeoff point a speed boat returning to base on high speed swept them off balance with the accompanying wave.
The fibre speed boat driver thereafter reported the incident at Badagry Police station. The Lagos state police command is already investigating the matter.
Meanwhile, the operators of the two boats were rescued alive by local divers.