Officials of the Lagos State and Rescue Service have been attacked by suspected hoodlums at the Agege area of Lagos State on Monday.
The acting head of the agency, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, made this known in a statement titled “hoodlums attack Lagos fireman, destroy fire engine’.
Adeseye who said three firemen were injured explained that a fire engine belonging to the Agency was damaged by hoodlums, who attacked the officials in the course of duty on Sunday.
She expressed displeasure over the “incessant attacks on fire-fighters in recent times for yet to be identified reasons”.
She recalled that the attack on the fire-fighters and the engine occurred after officials of the agency were prevented from attending to a fire incident at Nmani Street, Dopemu Agege, in Orile Agege LCDA, Lagos.
The statement reads:“Three firemen from a crew of four were injured and the Agency’s vehicle, Agege Fire Eagle C07, was damaged by the hoodlums after preventing the personnel from performing their official duties in October.
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“It took the intervention of a team of policemen from Alabo Police Division, led by Supol Bako Muhammed before normalcy was restored at the fire scene,” Adeseye added.
“The injured officers were treated at Agege General Hospital, while “investigations about the incident are on-going to effect the arrest of culprits and ascertain the cause of the attack”.
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