In line with it’s statutory duties to Respond, Rescue, Recover and ensure Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has attended to 8,585 incidents under the leadership of the Governor Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu led administration from 2019 to date.
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‎ Specifically, between 1st January 2024 and 30th April 2025, LASEMA responded to 2,143 incidents. This comprises 1,675 incidents in 2024 and 468 incidents between January and April, 2025. These figures illustrate the agency’s commitment to promptly addressing emergencies and ensuring public safety in Lagos State and its environs.
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‎In April 2025, LASEMA attended 121 cases. The Road Accident category accounted for 40 cases, Fire Disaster category accounted for 25 cases, Truck Tanker category accounted for 22 cases, while the Medical category accounted for 13 cases, with other events consisting of Windstorm, Powerline, Public Complaint, Assault and Water Well incident recorded 12 cases, with the Building Collapse category recording 6 cases, while the Explosion category recorded 2 cases in the period under review.
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‎The Local Government Emergency Trends in the month under review, Alimosho known for its dense population and vast landmass, and Kosofe Local Government Areas topped the list with a record 16 cases each, while Eti-Osa and Ikeja Local Government Areas ranked third and fourth places with 13 cases each, followed by Mushin Local Government with 9 cases, just as Lagos Island and Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Areas ranked sixth, seventh and eighth with 8 cases each.
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‎So far, the Lagos State Emergency Response shows that in this year, between 1st January, and 30th April, 2025, the Road Accident category ranked highest in occurrence with 147 cases, followed by Truck/Tanker accidents in second place with 110 cases, while the Fire Disaster category ranks third with 94 cases, Medical ranks fourth with 63 cases, other events ranks fifth with 38 cases, Building Collapse ranks sixth with 10 cases, Explosion category ranks seventh with 3 cases, Spillage/Leakage eighth with 2 cases, and Air/Train crashes ranks ninth with 1 case.
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