Exactly a week after Eight persons lost their lives at Ojuelegba where a Container fall off on a Mini Bus with occupants of the Bus losing their lives, another tragedy has struck as Six Persons are alleged to have lost their lives in a Ship mishap at the Atlas Cove, Lagos.

The accident was said to have happened in a vessel at the Atlas Cove Jetty as the yet to be identified deceased persons were working on the tanker of the vessel identified as MT Halima when the accident occurred.

In a statement by the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT said that a distress call was received from the ship through the Western Region Control Centre of the Falcon Eye, a Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness facility.

A rescue party was dispatched from the NNS BEECROFT’s taskforce at Atlas Cove which took off from Takwa jetty.

The victims were evacuated to Mekwe Jetty, Victoria Island, where the owner of the vessel moved them to the Military Hospital in Ikoyi for medical treatment.”

The Commander NNS BEECROFT, Rear Admiral Abdul-Rasheed Haruna, urged mariners to embrace the highest level of safety while operating at sea in line with international best practices.

He also assured the public of the unwavering commitment of the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, in ensuring safety and security of lives within the nation’s maritime space.