Nigeria: Three Children Feared Dead As Lagos Lagoon Overflows Banks

26 August 2011

No fewer than three children were said to have died yesterday when the Lagos Lagoon overflowed its banks from Kuramo beach axis of the Lagos Lagoon.

LEADERSHIP gathered from an eyewitnesses that the children, aged between four and six were playing on the sandy shore when a tidal wind sparked an ocean surge to the shores, sweeping the children into the Lagos Lagoon before they could be assisted.

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