LASEMA Averts Another Major Disaster in Lagos

... Recovers Fallen Oil Tanker on Otedola Bridge

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LASEMA today averted another major disaster as a truck laden with 44, 000 litres of Premium Motor Oil, P.M.S, fell on Otedola Bridge inward Berger area of Lagos this morning.

The Incident Commander and Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu who was at the incident site since it's occurrence, has assured that all emergency responders have been activated, stating that with transloading of content finally over, that there was no basis for fear as all necessary precautions had been taken to prevent the upturned truck from exploding.

Going further, as part of the precautionary measures, the spewed P.M.S was blanketed severally, while the traffic flow was effectively guided to ensure continuous free flow of traffic for Lagosians as the almost 12-hour operation was  concluded about 22:00 PM when the fully recovered vehicle was totally removed from the road to ensure complete free flow of traffic.

The Director of Operations, Engineer Akinsanya Olatunde, reaffirmed the Agency's commitment and total control of the situation with it's effective coordination and supervision of the recovery process which he attributed to being responsible for the situation of no loss of lives, no injuries to lagosians nor damages to assets which were deployed at the incident scene.

6 Die, Pastor Survives In An Accident On Lagos-Ibadan express way

A man is overwhelmed with joy after miraculously surviving a fatal motor accident which reportedly killed about six persons along Lagos-Ibadan express way.

The incident which happened Wednesday, August 1, 2018, saw many other passengers injured after their passenger bus collided with a truck along the highway.

A pastor narrowly escaped death in the accident and came out with only a small bruise on his ankle.

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Six Nigerian asylum seekers die as Cameroon forcefully repatriates them

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has expressed shock about the tragic death of six Nigerian asylum-seekers, among them three children, who reportedly died in a blast in the far north of Cameroon.

The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees has learnt that on 29th of July, 12 asylum-seekers were being forcibly returned to Banki, Nigeria, in a Cameroonian army truck which drove over an improvised explosive device that exploded.

Six Cameroonian soldiers and six other asylum-seekers were also injured in the incident, which took place in Homaka, Mayo Sava Division.



“This tragic incident is a disappointing testament of continuing forced returns (refoulement) of refugees and asylum-seekers from Cameroon, despite numerous appeals by UNHCR to the Government of Cameroon to respect its obligations,” said Valentin Tapsoba, Director of UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Africa.

“The forced return of refugees and asylum-seekers is in violation of the principle of non-refoulement which constitutes the cornerstone of international refugee law to which the Cameroonian State is party.”

UNHCR noted that over 800 Nigerian refugees and asylum-seekers in Cameroon have been forcibly returned to Nigeria since the beginning of 2018.

It therefore called upon the government of Cameroon to refrain from carrying out further forced returns of Nigerian refugees and asylum-seekers.

It also reminded Cameroon of its obligations under international law relating to the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers and the commitments it made by signing the Tripartite Agreement for the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon in March 2017.

UNHCR reiterated its appeal to authorities to provide Nigerian refugees with unhindered access to asylum and also expressed its readiness to support Cameroon to ensure that all individuals seeking safety have access to efficient screening, registration and documentation procedures.

Some 96,000 Nigerian refugees have sought safety in the Far North region of the country, with more than 8,000 new refugees registered since the beginning of 2018, UNCHR noted; stating that Cameroon currently hosts more than 367,000 refugees and asylum-seekers

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