A two-storey building under construction collapsed at Ojodu area of Lagos, killing one person and injuring four others.
The building collapsed around 4.05pm today as seven construction workers rested under it, while the eighth person at the construction site, a boy had gone on an errand for the team leader.
The building located at No 19 Bashiru Street, Ojodu caved in on Tuesday afternoon with a loud thrust of pillars hitting the ground.
A witness, who craved anonymity, said he was in an adjoining building when the building collapsed, saying that “I heard a large bang and the next thing we saw was that the building undergoing construction just collapsed.
“Immediately after, we saw a little boy crying, who told us that the construction workers numbering about seven sent him to buy water for them only for him to return and met the building in which they were working has collapsed.”
General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu told PM NEWS that one dead body had been removed from the debris, while four others who sustained injuries had been rescued.
Osanyintolu said evacuation of the victims from the collapsed building was swift as LASEMA officials made use of sophisticated equipments to detect people trapped beneath the debris.
He stated that rescue operation was still on to rescue others that might be trapped in the collapsed building, saying that other rescue agencies were on ground to ensure that a perfect work was done.
It was alleged that approval for the building was illegally granted by the Federal Ministry of Housing. [PMNews]
This terrible…we thank God that it did’nt claim much lifes
ITS A PITY,ALL D FOURT IS D ENGINER,BCOS I HAVE ONE ENGINER LIKE DAT IN OWERRI RIGHT NOW WHO IS DOING RUBISH WORK LIKE DAT HERE,I PRAY DAT D DAY D BUILDING IS GOING 2 FALL,NO ONE WLL DIE IN JESUS NAME,AMEN.
Things are happening, pls lets be prepared, to answer jesus