Juliana
Francis
An Indian national,
Mr. Singu Amanpreet, is presently thanking his lucky stars for the timely
intervention of Policemen from the marine unit, Lagos State, who rescued him
after he fell off a foreign ship identified as MSC MONICA.
Amanpreet, 29,
who is currently recuperating in an army hospital located in Ikoyi, was one of
the crew members of the ship. He said he had already spent more than five hours
in the sea before help came his way.
The grateful
Indian also added that he would have been dead since nobody from the MSC
MONICA, he was sailing on, knew he had
fallen overboard. Amanpreet was able to stay afloat due to the life jacket he
had on. But when help came, he was barely conscious. He took hours for him to be able to narrate
his ordeal. Police had since alerted his crew members about his rescue.
It was
gathered that marine police raced to the scene after they received a distress
call from other sea users, who sighted a floating body on the sea.
Immediately
the Officer in charge of the marine police, Mr. Patrick Elah, a superintendent
of police received the distress call, he was said to have ordered one of his
Anti-Crime Units team to rush to the area.
Confirming
the incident, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said
that the Anti-Crime Unit of the marine police, while on a routine patrol in the
Lagos anchorage, at about 5pm, rescued one Singu Amanpreet of Indian national.
Braide said:
“He overboard his vessel MSC Monica, that left the Tin-Can Island port Lagos
yesterday at 1pm. He was taken to the military hospital for medical attention.
He said that he was in the sea waters for well over five hours and if not for
the timely intervention of the Nigerian Marine Police, he just might have been
dead. We have already notified the ship about his rescue and safety.”
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