The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) saddled with coordinating emergencies/disasters, attended to a total of 126 incidents across the state in the month of September, 2024.
The agency, compared it to 141 in January; 156 in February, 148 in March; 132 April, 147 in May; 126 in June; 123 incidents in July ; and 121 in August, totalling 1, 220.
It also stated that the incidents attended to so far by the agency in year 2024 with a grand total of 7,662 incidents attended by LASEMA between June 1, 2019 and September 30, 2024.
The agency said through the head of Public Affairs, LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, in his statement that the analysis of the 126 emergency incidents attended to in the month of September 2024 by the agency reveals that road accident category rank highest with a record of 52 vehicular incidents, followed by 23 others in second place and with 20 incidents in the truck and tanker category, comprising of 18 accidents and 2 broken down trucks in third place, while 16 medical incidents in fourth place and 13 fire disaster incidents which comprises of 12 fire outbreaks and 1 burnt vehicle incident in fifth place, including 2 building collapse in the sixth place.
“The Local Government Emergency Trends reveals that in the month of September, of the 20 local governments in Lagos state, Alimosho LG ranked highest with 18 out of the 126 incidents recorded during this period, followed by Ikeja LG which recorded 16 incidents at second place, Kosofe LGA recorded 14 incidents at third place, Eti-Osa LG recorded 13 incidents in fourth place, while Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Mushin, and Shomolu recorded 7 incidents each at the fifth place, just as Surulere LG recorded 6 incidents in the sixth place.