LASEMA responds to 141 incidents in November

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday said it attended to 141 incidents across the state in November.

The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in a statement.

He, however, said that the number of recorded incidents by the agency in November was lower compared with the number of incidents reported in October.

“Analysis of the 141 emergency incidents attended to in the month of November reveals that the road accident category ranks highest with a record of 46 vehicular incidents.

“This was followed by 32 incidents in the truck and tanker category, comprising 19 accidents, 8 broken-down trucks, 3 fallen containers, and 2 fallen trucks in second place.

“Others include 24 fire outbreaks in third place, 22 medical incidents in fourth place, and 16 other incidents, including three assaults, in fifth place, as well as one impending building collapse in sixth place,” he said.

He said that the local government emergency trends revealed that Alimosho ranked highest out of the 20 local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State.

“Alimosho LGA ranked highest with 21 out of the 141 incidents recorded in the state during this period, followed by Oshodi-Isolo, Ikeja, and Lagos Island LGAs, which recorded 14 incidents in second place.

“Kosofe LGA recorded 13 incidents in third place, Mushin and Eti-Osa LGAs recorded 11 incidents in fourth place, while Ibeju-Lekki recorded 9 incidents in fifth place.

“Meanwhile, Surulere recorded 8 incidents in sixth place, Lagos Mainland and Shomolu recorded 5 incidents each in seventh place, just as Apapa LGA recorded 4 incidents in eighth place.

“Amuwo-Odofin, Agege, Ajeromi Ifelodun, and Ikorodu LGAs recorded 2 incidents each in ninth place, while Epe, Ojo, Badagry, and Outside Lagos boundary interventions recorded 1 incident each to occupy tenth place,” he said.

According to him, Ifako-Ijaiye LGA, with no recorded incidents, placed eleventh position during the period under review.

“So far in 2024, the agency has attended to a total of 1,508 incidents from January 1 to November 30,” he said.