Four killed, one rescued in Lagos collapsed building

An occupant of the building identified only as Baba Wale said, “Yes, the house was weak. The collapsed building is where I live. I was able to get out uninjured.”

Another resident who spoke on condition of anonymity said he hurriedly returned home after he got a call about the incident and was trying to save some of his property. A middle-aged man in the adjoining building identified only as Daddy Tola said, “The first building collapsed and it affected the other three-storey building beside it. Sometimes, a house will give signs before it collapses. Every one of us is trying to bring out our belongings because we have been told it will be demolished.”

An eyewitness, Mr Oyeniran Ayo, stated that he heard the sound of the collapse as he moved around the street.On September 4, a seven-storey building under construction at Oba Idowu Street, Victoria Island caved in and two people were reported dead. In the last two years, 84 persons have died in 18 building collapses in the state. A United States non-profit organisation, Brookings Institution stated that between 2000 and 2021, Lagos recorded 167 reported cases of building collapse.

LAGOS IS FACING INFRASTRUCTURAL DECAY, AND THIS HAS TO BE ADDRESSED ARGENTLY

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