Six yet-to-be-identified persons have died after an accident in a vessel around Atlas Cove, Lagos.
The deceased persons were working on the tanker of the vessel identified as MT Halima when the accident occurred.
A statement from the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT said 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 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.
