The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed on casualty in the two-storey building that collapsed at Coast Street, Oyingbo, Lagos, in the early hours of Monday,October 27.
The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen. He said the agency received a distress call at 12:11 am. and immediately mobilised emergency responders to the scene.
“Under the watch of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, when we received the distress call, all emergency responders, including members of the Local Emergency Management Committee, moved swiftly to the scene.
Our response was not only effective but efficient. We moved strategically and systematically. So far, we have evacuated 21 people to various General Hospitals, and they are receiving adequate treatment.
In Lagos State, victims of emergencies are treated free of charge and that policy is being implemented right now,” he said.
He added that five other victims were treated on the spot by the LASEMA Ambulance team and discharged after medical attention.
He said that one fatality was recorded and the body had been deposited at the mortuary.
The permanent secretary said that rescue operations were ongoing with precision and coordination to avoid further casualties.
