Tragedy struck on Monday as a 26-year-old man, Olamilekan Olubusade, drowned at Alpha Beach in Lagos State while swimming with his friends.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said Olubusade’s body was yet to be recovered as of press time.

Hundeyin said the elder brother of the deceased, Ayorinde Olubusade, reported the case to the Ilasan police division on Monday.

He said information received from Ayorinde revealed that on Monday, at about 5.17 p.m., his younger brother, Olamilekan, of Igbo Efon area, Ilasan of Lagos went to Alpha Beach, Igbo Efon to swim with his friends.

“Ayorinde said his younger brother allegedly drowned in the beach. All efforts to trace him proved abortive.

“Based on the report, the police visited the scene and were photographed by a team of marine and conventional policemen.

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“Meanwhile, search and rescue operations by Marine police and local divers, with a view to recovering the body are being intensified. Investigation is in progress,” the police spokesperson said.

In another development, a 42-year-old pedestrian, Kareem Moshood, was allegedly knocked down on Monday while crossing the expressway at Agogo Igbala bus stop on the Lagos-Badagry expressway.

Hundeyin said as a result of the accident, the victim, who lived at No. 20, Kolawole Street, Pako Ketu, died on the spot.

He stated that a team of traffic policemen visited the scene, adding that the corpse was removed and deposited at a public mortuary for an autopsy.

The police spokesman said the driver of the Toyota Highlander SUV with registration number. KRD 711 FX, one Abiodun Rasheed, has been detained over the incident, while investigation was ongoing.

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