Operatives of the Police command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of two brothers who drowned at Ibeshe Beach on Christmas Day.
The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, (P.R.O)SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on Thursday in Lagos that someone reported the incident to the police.
He said that the incident happened at about 6.00 p.m. while the brothers were swimming with their friends.
As related by the PRO of the security force, the brothers, with the surname Adegboyega, were aged 26 and 23, and the family live at Festac Town.
The police spokesperson said efforts by the friends of the brothers and local divers to rescue them proved abortive, after which the incident was reported to the police.
Benjamin Hundeyin said that detectives visited the scene where the siblings drowned and local divers were employed to locate the bodies as the family of the deceased was informed of the incident.
|(NAN)
