According to report, on Tuesday at the Elegushi Beach, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, four teenagers drowned while swimming in the water.

As reported, 10 secondary school graduates of Kuramo senior college, Lekki, aged between 14 and 15, went to swim at the beach to celebrate the success of their West African Senior School Examination.

Chief Ayuba, The spokesperson for the Elegushi Beach Management,  in his statement on Tuesday, said the pupils were not properly registered.

He stated that the incident happened at an unmanned section of the beach not open to the public.

Chief Ayuba words, “We initially sent them away from the area of the beach they wanted to swim in. Then, they went to another place that was not for the public at all. It was the child of our kinsman, Abass, who took them from school to the beach and those kids followed him.

“They did not pay any gate fee to access the beach. Abass used the leverage that he was one of us to take them through another place.”

The student who survived reported that they raised alarm as the water swept them away.

Elegushi also reported that some life guards plunged into the water and brought out six of the pupils.

“Out of the six that were rescued, some escaped by the time we got there. We were able to arrest two of them and we took them to the Jakande Police Station.

“As of now, there are still four missing as our seamen have not been able to bring them out of the water. We have informed their parents and they have come to the police station.

“Abass is one of the missing kids. There is another boy we have not identified and two other girls,” he added.

Chief Ayuba said the two boys that were arrested told the police that they were chased from the beach before sneaking into the restricted section to swim.

He said, “They wrote in their statements that they were chased from the first section they went to. Abass told them that they should not worry and he would take them to another part of the beach. He took them to another end of the beach where no one could see them.”

Benjamin Hundeyin, The state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident, adding that investigation was ongoing.

Hundeyin said, “The teenagers were from Kuramo Senior College, Lekki. Four of them are missing. They are two males and two females. Efforts are on to recover their bodies. We have yet to meet with the parents of the victims.”

Saheed Adesanya, The spokesperson for the Lagos State Waterways Authority, said he would confirm the incident and up till the time of this report, he have not reported.