The Lagos State Government will today, Wednesday, arraign one Uzuokwu Solomon for offences relating to making hoax calls for the emergency responder.

The Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Ololade Agboola, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday night.

Ololade said the offence was punishable under the Lagos State Fire Service law and Command and Control Centre law 2013.

According to the statement, 18 years old Solomon allegedly called the emergency line of the Fire Service on Friday, April 14, 2023, at 5:35 pm from Harmony Estate in the Ajah area of the state and reported a fire emergency within the estate leading to the activation of emergency processes and eventual dispatch of the fire trucks from Lekki Phase II Fire service station.

It read in part, “On arrival, it was discovered that there was no fire incident in the estate. Because of the frequency of such calls in the past, the Estate security helped in the investigation which led to the arrest of the notorious false caller.

“Consequently, the culprit who had been arrested is scheduled to be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction at Ogba Magistrate on the 19th of April, 2023 by 9.00am.

“Speaking with Journalists, The Director Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs Margaret Adeseye expressed her delight in the arrest of the culprit while reiterating the stand of the State government on malicious false calls which is punishable under the Lagos State laws. She believes that the arrest and consequent arraignment will serve as a deterrent for other misguided citizens who are in the habit of making false calls and misleading emergency responders.”

Ololade added that false calls have astronomically increased in the last six months.

Free the boy. Perhaps, he came from a society where nothing works. He is testing his experience. Things work here boy.

Ignorant is not an excuse make dem discipline the boyon the right way.. Nothing concerned law with ignorant

The boy felt those fire service guys are idle, so he decided to put them to work 😂

On a serious note, he should be used as scapegoat to others with such intension, cos this can make our fire service workers take a real distress call for a hoax

Stupid actions should be met with consequences...


A step in the right direction.

He came from a place where everything isn't organized

Prank calls are part of the growing up experience for many boys,he should be cautioned and let go. Taking him to court is a waste of public resources that can be better used for something else,the courts are already filled with more cases than they can handle, why add an unnecessary one on top? Police in organised western societies knows which case to be cautioned and the ones to be prosecuted in order not to overburden the justice system with irrelevant cases.