No fewer than six passengers have been confirmed dead and four rescued following a boat accident that occurred along the Nigerdock axis of the Igbologun Water Channel in Lagos.

Announcing this in a statement on Wednesday, jointly signed by the Head of the Public Affairs Unit at the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Wuraola Alake, and the Head of the Corporate Affairs Unit at the Lagos Area Office of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Omowunmi Yussuff, the agencies explained that the boat accident, involving a savvy marine passenger boat, occurred on Tuesday at approximately 8:35 p.m. along the Nigerdock axis of the Igbologun Water Channel.