Tragedy struck on Tuesday as four teenagers are believed to have drowned at Elegushi Beach in the Lekki area of Lagos State on Tuesday.
The victims were among 10 students who stormed the beach to celebrate their success in this year’s West African Examination Council School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The management of the beach confirmed the incident in a statement signed by Chief Ayuba Elegushi on Tuesday evening.
The incident, according to the management, occurred at an unmanned section of the beach area.
The statement read: “The beach authority and security team turned the students back, the boys took a detour and went to an unmanned section of the beach area to swim.
“Unfortunately, about 10 of them were almost drowning before the beach security officers were alerted to the scene and six of them were rescued alive while four were still missing as at press time.
“While the matter has been reported at the Ilasan Police Station, effort is still on to find the missing boys.”
It was gathered that the victims were students of Kuramo Senior College Lekki. The incident happened after the students, aged between 14 and 16, collected their results from school and decided to go swimming at the beach.
After the incident, three of the remaining six students ran away while three waited behind.
