Nigeria, March 13, 2016 – The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency ( LASEMA ) has reacted to some newspaper publication that some people are still trapped under the rubbles more than three days after the rescue operation has ended.
General Manager Lagos State Emergency Management Agency ( LASEMA ) Mr. Michael Akindele said the Agency in company of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the representative of the Nigeria Police has on Wednesday 9th of March 2016 declared the operation completed at about 7.20 p.m after thorough search by all the emergency responders that nobody dead alive is buried under the rubble.
He said that following the newspaper publication, the emergency response team of the agency visited the site today at about 9.30 am to double check to reconfirm the earlier established fact that the operation has ended with nobody still trapped under the rubbles.
According him, the place has been sealed by the State Government, while the only security man on the site identified as Isaac Atete denied giving such report.
Akindele also noted that the State Government and the Security operatives are presently carrying out further investigation s on the matter and would come out with detailed report after the investigation.
