On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, in a statement signed by Ayuba Elegushi, the management of Elegushi Beach confirmed the incident and said the students had defied a warning to stay away from a certain section of the bridge.
According to Ayuba, the students did not heed the warning from the beach authority and the security team.
Ayuba said the beach authority was able to rescue six of the 10 students after receiving warnings they were about to drown.
“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,” the statement said.
“Unfortunately, about 10 of them nearly drowned before beach security was alerted and six of them were rescued alive while four were still missing.
“While the matter has been reported to the Ilasan Police Station, efforts are still being made to locate the missing boys.”
In a previous tweet on the incident, Lagos Police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin said the students went to the beach to celebrate after collecting their WAEC scores.
“I have spoken about drowning in the context of water travel and swimming pools.
Still, parents/guardians, have a warm conversation with your teens to avoid losing them,” he tweeted.
“Four teenagers drowned on a Lagos beach today after collecting their exam results at school. Danger!”
