The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said it had responded to 8,585 incidents since 2019.
The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency had attended to 8,585 incidents under the leadership of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration from 2019 to date.
“In line with its statutory duties to Respond, Rescue, Recover and ensure Disaster Risk Reduction, LASEMA has attended to 8,585 incidents under the leadership of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration from 2019 to date.
Specifically, between January 1, 2024, and April 2025, LASEMA responded to 2,143 incidents. This comprises 1,675 incidents in 2024 and 468 incidents between January and April 2025.
“These figures illustrate the agency’s commitment to promptly addressing emergencies and ensuring public safety in Lagos State and its environs,” he said.
He said LASEMA attended to 121 cases on April 25.
The road accident category accounted for 40 cases, fire disaster category accounted for 25 cases, truck tanker category accounted for 22 cases.
“The medical category accounted for 13 cases, with other events consisting of windstorm, powerline, public complaint, assault and water well incident recorded 12 cases, with the building collapse category recording six cases, while the explosion category recorded two cases in the period under review.
“The Local Government Emergency Trends in the month under review, Alimosho known for its dense population and vast landmass, and Kosofe Local Government Areas, topped the list with a record of 16 cases each.
“Eti-Osa and Ikeja Local Government Areas ranked third and fourth places with 13 cases each, followed by Mushin Local Government with nine cases just as Lagos Island and Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Areas ranked sixth, seventh and eighth with eight cases each among others,”he said.
He said these numbers demonstrated the agency’s commitment to promptly addressing emergencies and ensuring public safety in Lagos State and its environs.
