Three Injured As Hoodlums Attack Firemen In Agege

Three firemen of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service were reportedly injured and a fire engine of the Agency damaged by hoodlums, who attacked the officials in the course of duty.

According to a statement by the acting head of the agency, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, on Monday tiitled ‘hoodlums attack Lagos firemen, destroy fire engine’, she expressed displeasure over the incessant attacks on firefighters in recent times for yet to be identified reasons.

She recalled that the attack on the firefighters and the engine occurred after officials the agency were prevented from attending to a fire incident at Nmani Street, Dopemu Agege, in Orile Agege LCDA, Lagos.

Adeseye informed that three firemen from a crew of four were injured and the Agency’s vehicle, Agege Fire Eagle C07, damaged by the hoodlums after preventing the personnel from performing their official duties.

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The Fire Service boss explained that 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.

She stated that the injured officers were treated at Agege General Hospital, while investigations about the incident are on-going to track down and arrest the culprits.