The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) on Tuesday, dismissed video of a reported boat mishap that occurred at the Five Cowries Terminal, Ikoyi .
According to a statement signed by Wuraola Alake , Public Affairs Office , LASWA, the incident in the purported boat mishap video was actually a routine safety simulation exercise being carried out by the Authority’s Emergency Rescue Team .
The statement noted that as part of their exercise , the training demonstration was part of LASWA safety preparedness against any possible incident on the State Inland waters.
It further urged the general public to disregard the video as it was done unprofessionally by an unknown source without proper Investigation and verification.
“The attention of the Lagos State Waterways Authority has been drawn to a video making rounds across social media falsely claiming that a boat mishap occurred at the Five Cowries Terminal this morning 26th of April 2022.
“The incident in the purported boat mishap video was actually a routine safety simulation exercise being carried out by the LASWA Emergency Rescue Team as part of their Training Exercise ,The training demonstration is part of LASWA safety preparedness against any possible incident on the State Inland Waterways.
“LASWA wishes to state categorically that no such incident of boat mishap whatsoever occured anywhere on the state Inland Waterways in recent time.
“We therefore urge the general public to disregard this video as it was done unprofessionally by an unknown source without proper Investigation and verification,”the statement added.
