911 Emergency Number Active In Lagos?

A colleague shared the experience of how his neighborhood in Ketu was thrown into Chaos yesterday evening. Area boys seeking to collect ‘rent’ (owo ile) from the owner of a 20 feet container unleashed terror on their Ketu neighbourhood, maiming people and vandalising parked vehicles.


In the heat of the mayhem, he couldn’t remember any emergency number other than the 911 ingrained in his brain from watching American films, and he dialled it just for the sheer hell of it.

Surprisingly, a dispatcher picked it, got the particulars of the area, including the nearest bus stop, promised that the nearest police station would be contacted immediately and, wait for this, thanked him for remembering to dial 911. About an hour later, the police stepped in to rein in the miscreants and restore order.

You can read the rest here: http://johnaweonline.blogspot.com/2013/10/911-emergency-number-active-in-lagos.html.

But the question is, has anyone else experienced this in Lagos or any other part of Nigeria? Is the national emergency number now live across Nigeria?

Posted: at 29-10-2013 02:49 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie

In nigeria??? Dat is gud o. U kn why we don't dail it? Cus we don't believe anythg emergency work here including ambulance especially lagos cus of traffic.

Posted: at 29-10-2013 03:15 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Hold on let me dial the number,I'll be back 2 share my experience

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Posted: at 29-10-2013 03:32 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

I swear,it's working
Jst a dial and I got a response saying "this is the lagos state Emergency service"
But I quickly hang up make they no come dey ask me which Emergency I get 2 report

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Posted: at 29-10-2013 03:38 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

mary11 which country u dey?,,u sure say na Nigeria u dey?

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Posted: at 29-10-2013 03:43 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

WOW !!!

If that continues working......then cool.

Posted: at 29-10-2013 04:59 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

Why 911?

Can't we for once stop copying from other countries that we condemn us leading us into the abyss and get a
number thst is peculiar to Nigeria!

Next we will be calling ourselves United States of Africa!

Posted: at 29-10-2013 05:17 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Exactly My taught, With all the available numbers, Nonsense !

Posted: at 29-10-2013 05:28 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

K#

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Posted: at 29-10-2013 05:41 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

who told you that 911 is worldwide ?, Pls before you make a public statement ask your someone else. 911 is the emergency number for America,112 is for sweden

Posted: at 29-10-2013 06:51 PM (10 years ago) | Hero