LASEMA Warns Lagosians Against Dangerous Rescue Operations As Man Dies In Lagos Well

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has warned residents towards partaking in harmful rescue operations that might end in additional casualties.

The warning is approaching the heels of a person who died whereas trying to rescue a toddler who fell right into a home effectively in an Hausa inhabited group at Abule Egba space of Lagos State.

LEADERSHIP gathered as of the time of submitting this report that the kid’s physique had not been recovered from the effectively within the incident which occurred at No. 4, Paul Street, inward Agbe Road, on Tuesday, October 20.

The company’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, defined that it acquired a misery name at 9:48 a.m. and instantly deployed its response staff from the Igando Base.

According to him, the toddler, whose mom labored as a cleaner within the compound, by chance fell into the effectively, prompting a member of the Hausa group to enter it in an try to rescue the kid.

The residents mentioned the person, nonetheless, grew to become trapped and was later recovered lifeless.

According to the company the operation was accomplished in collaboration with sister businesses just like the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps and the Nigeria Police Force.

LASEMA defined that the deceased man’s stays had been handed over to his family members and members of the Hausa group for burial consistent with their customs, efforts made to get better the toddler had been unsuccessful because of the quantity of water and thick mud on the backside of the effectively.

According to the company , dewatering operations proved troublesome, prompting the deployment of a specialist native diver for a closing search, including that the diver reportedly decided that the kid’s physique had sunk deep into the mud and couldn’t be retrieved.

It was additional gathered that solely one of many toddler’s sneakers was recovered, as LASEMA concluded the operation and withdrew all responders from the scene.

Oke-Osanyintolu expressed condolences to the bereaved households and the Hausa group, saying the Lagos State Government, beneath Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, equally prolonged its condolences to the affected households.

He appealed to the residents to make sure that wells and different openings inside residential premises had been correctly coated and secured, notably in properties the place younger kids reside and mess around.