Another Building Collapses In Lagos

A two-storey building under construction in the Osapa London area of Lekki, Lagos State, collapsed on Tuesday, November 2.

The building caved in hours after d 21 storey building still under construction in the Ikoyi area of Lagos also caved in trapping a yet undetermined number of persons.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG had reported the Lagos State authorities as promising to constitute a panel to investigate the cause of the Gerald Road, Ikoyi building collapse.

The figures for the Osapa, London collapse were not immediately available.

The building which was under construction was said to have caved in after the heavy downpour of Monday night.

Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says no fewer than 15 bodies and nine injured people had been brought out of the rubbles of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos.

NEMA Spokesperson, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the site of the building under construction which collapsed at Gerrage road, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday.

“So far, 15 dead bodies and nine injured persons have been dug out of the rubbles.

“When the Deputy Governor of Lagos, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, was here, we recovered10 bodies, while five more had been discovered as the operation continued,” Farinloye said.

He, however, pleaded with those whose family members were still trapped in the rubbles to calm down, as the agency would soon get to the last floor.

The NEMA spokesperson, while stating that the rescue team worked throughout the night, empathised with them and called for their understanding.

General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, told NAN that officials of the agency also worked all night with flood light to recover bodies and rescue people.

”Eight cranes are in operations to ensure that people, who are alive and those already dead under the rubbles, are brought out,” Oke-Osanyintolu.

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