The
Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested two managers of the Elegushi
Beach in Ajah where two postgraduate students of the University of Lagos
drowned on Sunday during their friend’s birthday.
The
command, however, declined to disclose the names of the suspects, adding that
it was on the trail of some other members of the management to investigate
their complicity in the incident.
We had reported that the deceased – Adesola Ogunmefun and 25-year-old Funmi
Odusina – were having fun with their friend, Bolu, on the beach when they were
submerged by strong tides, which swept them into the Atlantic Ocean.
They
had graduated from the Covenant University and were on the verge of bagging
their Master’s Degrees in International Law and Diplomacy from UNILAG.
While
Ogunmefun was brought out dead, Bolu and Odusina were said to have been rushed
to some private hospitals in the area which rejected them.
Odusina
died on the way to the Lagos Island General Hospital, while Bolu survived.
Families
and friends of deceased had blamed the deaths on the alleged failure of the
beach management to provide necessary safety devices like life guards, a wave
alarm system, an ambulance and a medical unit at the facility and condemned the
indifference of the hospitals that rejected the victims.
Odusina’s
elder sister, Bukola, had also lamented that the incident shattered her
sister’s dreams to become a philanthropist, an ambassador and a mechanised
farmer, calling on the government to ensure that the beach had adequate safety
devices.
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, on Wednesday
told Punch correspondent that the names of the arrested managers would be
disclosed as soon as their culpability in the circumstances surrounding the
deaths was ascertained.
Badmos
said the suspects were under interrogation and the command would visit the
scene of the crime to assess its safety devices.
Meanwhile,
the spokesperson for UNILAG, Mr. Toyin Adebule, said some representatives of
the institution would pay condolence visits to the families of the deceased on
Thursday (today).
“The
department will visit the families tomorrow (Thursday),” Adebule said in a text
message.
Source: The Punch
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