How tidal waves helped recover drowned doctor — Lagos agency boss

INSIGHT have emerged on how the body of Dr Allwell Orji, who drowned on Sunday, was recovered. It was gathered that the body of the deceased medical doctor was washed ashore by tidal ways, after three days, when he jumped into the lagoon.

The General Manager of Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, Bisola Kamson, confirmed on Wednesday that the tidal waves aided the body recovery.

The LASWA boss stated that a wave on the lagoon currently moves towards the CMS axis, hence the aggressive search for the body of the late doctor along the axis since the tragic incident.

Kamson also said: “Since the recent development and tidal waves of the lagoon towards Elegbata, CMS axis of the Marina, we had intensified the search around that axis.”

She continued that “That is where tidal movement moves towards. So any drop from the scene of the incident would move towards CMS Elegbata axis.

“Our monitoring team are now from water.”

Kamson also said “We had local divers who also worked in collaboration with LASWA and Marine police. You know that different people were patrolling different area in the water.

“The water body is so large that everyone will search everywhere” the Lagos waterway boss said.

She added that “The family members came and were able to identify that the body that was wearing a ‘chinos” trousers about 1and half hours ago. It was an unfortunate incident, but Lagosians must be safety conscious at all times, even while driving on the bridge.”