The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said that no casualties were recorded when a section of the pedestrian bridge collapsed at Yaba on Saturday.
The Director General of the Agency, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that the agency carried out prompt recovery operations to ensure free flow of traffic in the area.
Oke-Osanyintolu said empty truck with registration number AAA 364 XS encountered brake failure and crashed into the pedestrian and damaged the bridge railings.
He said that one of the affected bridge railings was successfully recovered off the road with the aid of the agency’s truck and placed at a lay-by to ensure free vehicular movements