Lagos — Large numbers of fun seekers besieged the Bar beach in Lagos yesterday despite the state government's warning to residents of the state to move away from the beach as a result of the wave from the ocean which has already claimed over 15 lives.
Meanwhile, four more bodies have been recovered, bringing the number of the dead recovered from last Saturday's ocean surge disaster to eight.
When Daily Trust visited the Bar beach, an adjoining beach from the Kuramo beach yesterday , the bodies were lying on the sand-filled shore of the beach.
They were covered up, and awaiting evacuation by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).
Three men were identified by residents as security officials working with the management of the ocean while the fourth body, a kid was yet to be identified at the time Daily Trust left the scene.
The state government has demolished all the structures and shanties at the Kuramo beach while work is in progress to sand-fill and reclaim it. The state's Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Segun Oniru, told Daily Trust that divers would continue to search for bodies of the missing people. He said government has warned people living in the area several times to move away, but they refused.
He said the Eko Atlantic project has nothing to do with the strong wave.
"Lagos coast line is about 182-183 kilometres of 852 coastlines in Nigeria. The project has nothing to do whatsoever with the project. On the contrary, if you look at the Ahmadu Bello way today, there is no problem there because of the permanent solution the state government put in place," he said.
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