Pupils Escape Drowning In Lagos Floods

The timely arrival of emergency workers on Tuesday afternoon saved hundreds of pupil of Ogba Primary School from being drowned.

Some of the primary school pupils, however, sustained varying degrees of minor injuries and were treated by the Lagos State Ambulance Service.

Many people were injured as many  parts of Agege and Ogba were, on Tuesday afternoon, flooded as a result of the mid-day downpour in the Lagos communities.

Officials of the National Emergency Management Authority(NEMA) , Lagos State Emergency Agency and LASAMBUS prevented what would have been a serious tragedy at Ogba Primary School, Ogba, Lagos.

The school was submerged in flood, making it very impossible for teachers and pupils in the school to trace their ways out of the school premises.

The situation was getting out of hand  when a distress call was put to the state ministry of education , from where the different emergency management agencies were contacted.