LASEMA Begs Fishermen and Others Searching for Medical Doctor Who Jumped Into Lagoon to Do This

Dr. Allwell Orji's car at the scene of the incident on Sunday

Hmmm..... The Lagos State Emergency and Management Agency has made a passionate appeal to fishermen and others searching for medical doctor who jumped into the Lagoon.

The Lagos State Emergency and Management Agency (LASEMA) on Tuesday urged fishermen, business persons and other Nigerians that ply the Lagos waterways to immediately report any floating body to the Marine police.

 

The General Manager of LASEMA, Tiamiyu Adesina, made the call the in Lagos, as search for the body of a medical doctor, Allwell Orji, who jumped into the lagoon on Sunday, continues.

 

He said anyone with information about a body on the waterways could also call the Emergency Toll Free Number 767 or 112.

 

Adesina reiterated that a body which was earlier recovered from the lagoon by the State Marine Office of the Lagos State Police Command on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, was not that of Orji.

 

The LASEMA chief said, “A body was recovered today from the lagoon; the body was recovered by the state marine office of the Lagos State Police on Awolowo Road.

“About five members of his family were there with the driver; also, the Commissioner of Police, General Manager of Inland Waterways and other relevant agencies were there.

“The family members looked at the body and confirmed it was not the body of Dr. Orji; the clothes on the recovered corpse did not tally with what Orji wore on the day of the incident.

“The unidentified body was handed over to LASEMA officials and taken away by the State Environment Health Monitoring Unit (LASEHMU).”

 

According to Adesina, the search for Orji’s body continues and any other investigation that will lead to the identity of the recovered body will be handled by the police.

 

-NAN