Body of missing Lagos drainage worker recovered after five days
A drainage worker, who got trapped while clearing the debris that blocked a tunnel in the Onipanu area of Lagos State has been found dead after days of intensive search.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, while confirming this in a statement on Friday identified the deceased as 59-year-old Tajudeen Amololo.
The LASEMA boss in the statement said, “The victim identified as Mr. Tajudeen Amololo (age-59) has been recovered dead from the drainage and bagged by cobra team subsequently handed him over to LAMATA (Drainducks) with the Nigeria Police Force Ilupeju Division officials for adequate action.
“Recovery operation concluded while cobra team with the agency’s paramedic heading back to base.”
PUNCH Online reported that the incident happened on Monday while the victim was de-silting drainage in the community.
Oke-Osanyintolu noted that the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority employed a male adult who works for Drain Ducks.
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