Innocent Ogah, an 18-year-old boy in Lagos was on Tuesday badly injured
after a mast belonging to CitiBank collapsed and fell on buildings at the Ereko
area of the state.
According to Daily Post, 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"
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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