Manhole covered with sand along Lagos-Abeokuta road. PHOTOS: AYODELE ADENIRANThe mother of two and resident at Ketu was rushing to catch a bus to the Island last week, without realising the presence of an uncovered manhole at the bus stop.
It took a timely shout from a mama put, a nearby to avert what could have been a calamitous situation. Residents are yet to come to terms with the death of Adewura Bello, a promising young Accountant, who met her untimely death in a manhole accident on Lagos road.She boarded a bus heading to Egbeda from Ikeja on May 15, 2019, and had spoken to a family member, when she got to the Cement bus stop and since then, no one heard from her.
The Guardian learnt that refuse cart pushers popularly called “BOLAR” used to steal the iron covers for the manholes. He called on government and road traffic monitoring agencies to take stock of all the open and dangerous manholes in the state to replace them with welded or screwed iron covers or better still, with concrete covers.
This is serious. Government should look into it
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