National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has rescued not less than Nine ladies who were trapped on Monday in a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, due to torrential rainfall.
The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement noting that it got the sinking alert of the nine yet to be properly individuals.
He said: “NEMA received a distressed alert on a sinking storey building where nine people are said to be trapped. The building is located at 47 Akinwunmi street, Akinwunmi North Estate, Mende, Maryland, Ikeja.
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The torrential rainfall, which lasted for about four hours in the early hours of the day, flooded lots of communities in Lagos State. NEMA advance team upon close observations called for more reinforcement of personnel.”
Farinloye revealed that one of the victims, Blessing, narrated how they were up to nine people, mostly women, who were trapped when the building started sinking after being drenched.
“The landlord of the building had used a ladder to escape, but NEMA questioned him for failure to contact emergency responders, but someone from one of the trapped victim’s offices contacted NEMA.
The agencies on the ground now are LASEMA, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and Police Disaster Management Unit. The rescue activities have commenced, and all the nine trapped ladies have been successfully rescued,” he again said.
