45 YEAR OLD MAN RESCUED FROM A NARROW WELL IN LAGOS

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The 45 year opd man rescued from the narrow well in Lagos

Admin l Tuesday, April 25, 2017

IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria – Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA have rescued a 45 year old man from a narrow well. It is not clear what the man was doing that led to his fall inside the well.




The narrow well
The agency received a distress call at about 6.35 am today 25th April, 2017 concerning a man reportedly to have fallen into the well at No. 38 Kujore Street Ojota, Lagos.

“This prompted the immediate activation of emergency responders to the scene of the incident”, LASEMA said in a statement.

According to LASEMA, preliminary investigation revealed that the 45 years old man was found inside a 160ft well, but that the process leading to the event could not be ascertained.

“Fortunately, the prompt response by the men of the Lagos State Fire, LASEMA Response Team and other emergency responders culminated in the rescue of the man alive from the well”, the agency said.




It added that the man sustained a right femural fracture and left knee joint dislocation and was immediately moved to the hospital for further treatment by the officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service.

Speaking on the development, General Manager LASEMA Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu noted that proper investigation would be conducted on the incident, and advised Lagosian to report any strange activities around their environment to the relevant Agencies or call the 767/112 emergency toll free number.

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