“If only I had known this or I had someone to advise me against travelling illegally, I wouldn’t have suffered this way and be scarred for life.”
The returnees were 96 male adults, 41 female adults, nine male and five female children, six female infants, five male infants, and three sick adult male.
“My trafficker took nine of us out of Akungba. At present I am the only one returning due to my health.”
Mr Farinloye further disclosed that NEMA gave between 150 and 200 seedlings to each of the 1,754 farmers in Lagos alone.
The fire destroyed about 100 shelters, while dozens of households were displaced.
Casualty figures now stand at four, emergency responders say.
Items distributed are rice, beans, garri, vegetable oil, cooking condiments, mattresses, wax print, blankets, cements, nails and ceiling boards.
The agency reported an estimated one million plus flood victims between Ikorodu and Kosofe areas in 2021.
The liquid fertiliser is a donation from the federal government for the victims of the 2019 flood and conflicts in the state.
Emergency responders said that the driver of the truck fled the scene before their arrival.
