Missing Lagos drainage worker found dead after five days
After several days of diligent searching, the body of a drainage worker who became stuck while removing debris that had closed a tunnel in the Onipanu region of Lagos State has been discovered.
In a statement released on Friday, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, confirmed this and named the dead as Tajudeen Amololo, 59.
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.”
According to PUNCH Online, the victim was cleaning out the community's drainage system on Monday when the tragedy occurred.
Oke-Osanyintolu said that an adult male employee of Drain Ducks is employed by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority.
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