Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared a state of mourning following the accident involving a train and a Lagos State staff bus on Thursday.
The accident left no fewer than six persons dead and many injured.
The governor who issued a statement on his Facebook wall said following the sad incident, he would suspend his governorship campaign for three days.
He added that all flags would be flown at half mast and civil servants in the state would work till 12 noon before returning home on Friday.
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Sanwo-Olu, who visited the Lagos State University, LASUTH, where the victims are being treated gave their figures.
“There were 85 pax on board the bus with 6 deaths, 42 moderate injuries, 29 serious and 8 mild injuries according to the LASUTH classification scale,” the governor stated.
Describing the incident as an avoidable one, Sanwo-Olu said that the “team at LASUTH expertly setup an outdoor triage centre which has contributed in saving lives, speeding up injury level profiling and supporting immediate critical action.”
He added: “It is still a critical period for some of the patients as we continue to call for blood donations across different state government medical facilities.
“This is a call for our humanity to rise above all. I also thank LASEMA, the security agencies, staff and students of LASUTH for rising up to the occasion as soon as this unfortunate incident happened.”
