Nigerian rapper and record producer, Jude Abaga, popularly known as M.I Abaga, has warned via a tweet, motorists and pedestrians plying the Iddo area of lagos mainland to be cautious, because there is a dangerously-open manhole located somewhere there.

According to Wikipedia,

A manhole (alternatively utility hole, cable chamber, maintenance hole, inspection chamber, access chamber or sewer hole) is an opening to a confined space such as a shaft, utility vault, or large vessel. Manholes are often used as an access point for an underground public utility, allowing inspection, maintenance, and system upgrades. The majority of underground services have manholes, including water, sewers, telephone, electricity, storm drains, district heating, and gas.

Manholes are generally found in urban areas, in streets and occasionally under sidewalks. In rural and undeveloped areas, services such as telephone and electricity are usually carried on utility poles or even pylons rather than underground.

When a manhole is left open without taking necessary road safety precautions, it becomes a deadly trap for unsuspecting motorists and passersby.

MI, in a tweet on January 27, 2020, called on relevant authorities to quickly fix the manhole, in order to save innocent lives:

Apparently this open man-hole is in Lagos around iddo area.. dear @jidesanwoolu
@lagosstategov
please let’s save lives and deal with this!!!!

Guys please retweet this and tag relevant authorities till this is fixed.

Apparently this open man-hole is in Lagos around iddo area.. dear @jidesanwoolu @lagosstategov please let’s save lives and deal with this!!!!

Guys please retweet this and tag relevant authorities till this is fixed. pic.twitter.com/GW3BR9piyt

— Yung denzL (@MI_Abaga) January 27, 2020

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