Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- A broadcast journalist, Deji Badmus, has erected a billboard to draw the attention of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to an open manhole along the Ikeja axis leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

In a video that went viral on Saturday, the multiple award-winning journalist and founder of TV360 was seen planting the billboard inside the uncovered manhole. The sign read: "Gov Sanwo-Olu fix this open manhole before it takes lives."

Mr Badmus said he took the step after narrowly escaping an accident at the spot. He explained that he had initially marked the hazard with a red cloth for more than three months, but government officials ignored it.

"That manhole has been open for about three months....