2 Critical Students, 23 Others and 2 Teachers Hospitalised After Inhaling Toxic Substance in Lagos School - Nigeria!

Ogba, Lagos was thrown into confusion yesterday after news of Twenty-five students and two teachers of Ogba Junior Grammar School in Ogba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, being rushed to a hospital after they inhaled emission from a toxic chemical broke out! The unconscious students and teachers were immediately rushed to Blue CrossHospital, located opposite the shopping mall for urgent medical attention.

Two of the affected female students whose conditions were critical were transferred in a Lagos State Emergency Ambulance marked LA 156 A08 to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, in Ikeja. Around 12 noon, the students and teachers were in the school when they began to feel dizzy and collapsed after inhaling the emission from chemical spread to their school premises by air... some of the teachers raised an alarm which attracted some members of the public, who immediately called officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency on their toll free lines. One of the officials of LASEMA told P.M.NEWS that the gas emission was traced to Bizcircuit Colour Laboratory, located within the premises of Ogba Shopping Mall just at the back of the school. According to the official, the chemical in the lab may have expired.