BODY OF DEAD DRIVER OF VAN WHICH PLUNGED INTO LAGOS RIVER FOUND

The bodies of four passengers in an Ikoyi Golf Club van which plunged into Majidun River in Ikorodu, 
Lagos State on Saturday were recovered yesterday.

In a statement, the National Emergency Management Agency identified the driver of the Toyota Hilux van with number plate, KS 918 AU as Kolawole Ahmed. They claimed he was found dead in the river and his corpse had been recovered.
According to reports, the spokesperson, NEMA, South-West zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the agency was still looking for more corpses in the water.

“The identified body of Mr. Kolawole Ahmed, who drove the ill-fated Toyota Hilux van was recovered at 8:23am on Sunday.

“The possibility of further recovery is highly remote as the accounts of the eyewitnesses who said four people were in the vehicle contradict the accounts of the Ikoyi Golf Club.

“But emergency agencies are still embarking on further searches,” he said.

The Punch reports:


Rescue officials, on Sunday, recovered the corpse of a motorist whose vehicle

The had veered off the road and plunged into the river.

There was also controversy over the number of people in the vehicle as of the time of the incident.

The employees of the company said Ahmed was heading for his house, which was under construction. They explained that the supervision of construction of the house was his daily routine after close of work every day before returning to his house at Ikeja.

NEMA said, “The body had been deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital.

“His relations and co-workers were also there with us for documentation and burial plans because the victim was a Muslim.”