Operatives of the Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service have recovered the physique of a 27-year-old man, Adeyemi Azeez, who was mentioned to have fallen inside a canal resulting in the Lagoon within the Alapere Ketu space the state on Thursday.
The Director, LSFRS, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in an announcement made obtainable to PUNCH Metro on Thursday.
In line with Adeseye, the Hearth Service was alerted by residents of the neighborhood round 9pm on Wednesday about an incident the place a person had fallen inside a canal which prompted the rescue crew of the company to swing into motion.
She famous that it was unlucky that after two days of a search operation, the physique of Azeez was recovered from the Lagoon.
The assertion learn, “The Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service studies a somber incident involving the restoration of the physique of 1 Adeyemi Azeez, a 27-year-old resident of Neighborhood Avenue, Oshogun, Alapere Ketu, Agboyi LCDA.
“On January 3, 2024, at 20:56hrs, the company obtained a misery name, prompting a swift response from the devoted rescue crew on the Ikeja Hearth Station. Over a two-day interval, intensive search and rescue operations have been performed, culminating within the restoration of Mr. Azeez’s physique on Wednesday at roughly 16:05hrs.
“The preliminary investigation signifies that Azeez unintentionally fell into the drain collector canal resulting in the lagoon on New Yr’s Day. The recovered physique has been promptly handed over to the Alapere Divisional Police for additional procedures.”
Adeseye, whereas commiserating with the household of the deceased, urged Lagos residents to be cautious of open drainage and wells round their neighborhood to avert circumstances of drowning.
“The Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service extends its deepest condolences to the household and buddies of Azeez throughout this tough time. The general public must be very security acutely aware as a result of canals, lagoons or another open water or deep wells usually are not locations the place one can wander round. They need to all the time distance themselves from these locations. You may see that the neighborhood and authorities all the time attempt to barricade a few of these harmful locations as we all the time advocate that harmful locations like deep wells and open water must be lined. We now have set requirements on how these locations will be protected and we urge Lagosians to abide by these procedures,” the assertion concluded.