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18-year-old boy injured after mast falls on buildings in Lagos

written by Samuel Etuk March 2, 2016
18-year-old boy injured after mast falls on buildings in Lagos

An 18-year-old boy, Innocent Ogah, was on Tuesday badly injured after a mast belonging to CitiBank collapsed and fell on buildings at the Ereko area of Lagos .Mast

The incident, which happened at about 9:04am, also destroyed other properties.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Mr. Michael Akindele, said investigation by the agency revealed that the said mast on the CitiBank building at 20 Ereko Street was not properly maintained before it fell, following a windstorm in the morning.

He said the agency received an alert through the emergency Control Room.

Akindele said, “There was no loss of life recorded.

“However, an 18-year-old boy identified as Innocent Ogah sustained a terrible head injury and he has been moved to General Hospital,” he confirmed.

Meanwhile, Akindele advised organisations to always carry out proper maintenance of masts erected by them.

“The state government would continue to carry out the monitoring and surveillance to sanction non-compliant companies in effort to avert incidents of this nature,” he assured.

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