On Thursday, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said it had attended 141 incidents across the state in November.

The permanent secretary of the agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said this in a statement.

However, he said that the number of recorded incidents by the agency in November was lower than the number of incidents reported in October.

Analysis of the 141 emergency incidents attended in November reveals that the road accident category ranks highest with a record of 46 vehicular incidents.

“This was followed by 32 incidents in the truck and tanker category comprising 19 accidents and 8 broken down trucks, three fallen containers and two fallen trucks in second place.

There were 24 fire outbreaks in third place, 22 medical incidents in fourth place, 16 others comprising of three assaults in fifth place and one impending building collapse in sixth place.

He said the local government emergency trends revealed that Alimosho ranked highest out of the 20 LGAs in Lagos.

Alimosho LGA ranked highest with 21 out of the 141 incidents recorded in the state during this period, followed by Oshodi-Isolo, Ikeja and Lagos Island LGAs, which recorded 14 incidents in second place.

Kosofe LGA recorded 13 incidents in third place, Mushin and Eti-Osa LGAs recorded 11 incidents in fourth place, and Ibeju-Lekki recorded nine incidents in fifth place.

Meanwhile, Surulere recorded eight incidents in sixth place, Lagos Mainland and Shomolu recorded five incidents each in seventh place, just as Apapa LGA recorded four incidents in eighth place.

Amuwo-Odofin, Agege, Ajeromi Ifelodun and Ikorodu LGAs recorded two incidents each in the ninth place, while Epe, Ojo, Badagry, and Outside Lagos boundary interventions recorded one incident each to occupy the tenth place.

According to him, Ifako-Ijaiye LGA, without a recorded incident, was 11th during the review period.

“So far in 2024, the agency has attended to a total of 1,508 incidents from January 1 to November 30,” he said.

(NAN)