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..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?

Just got confirmation from someone on another social network that the 911 emergency number actually works. We just yet don't know who is behind it: State or FG. I've saved it just in case.
Anyone else with any info?

Mehn ℓ̊ flashed them and it worked it was †ђξ computer that answered " this is dee lagos emergency service pls hold on some 1 wud talk 2u shortly" but dee responce time of an hour 2long na, haba! What if its amatter of death and life? Any Nigerian Police God go help una with your slougishness. Eko o ni Baje oh!

I've since received other confirmations from other platforms that it works. You can save the number and spee-dial it in times of crisis. With time, they will get the response time shortened. At least we are making some progress.