A five-storey shopping complex under construction at 9, Muri Okunola street, Eti-Osa Local Government, collapsed yesterday, killing three persons and injuring 15 others.
At 8:30 pm, it was gathered that scores of persons were still trapped under the
debris.
At the scene, officials of the Lagos
State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Red Cross and men of the Nigerian
Police Force, NPF, attached to the Maroko station, Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Corps, NSCDC, Lagos Command, were sighted at the scene still battling
to rescue the trapped persons.
Of the 15 rescued, five were said to
be in critical condition and have been admitted at the Accident and Emergency
Centre, Toll Gate, Ikeja while others were admitted at the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, hospital, few metres from the scene.
It was learnt that the construction
workers were casting the decking and the pillars when the building caved-in on
them at about 4:00 pm.
According to an eyewitness, Mr.
Adetayo Olaseni, he said that the building collapsed at about 4:00 pm while
construction works were still ongoing which led to pandemonium, as every one
scampered for safety.”
Confirming the tragedy, the General
Manager of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said “a twin 4-storey building
located at Muri Okunola street, Victoria Island collapsed yesterday. 15 persons
have been rescued so far while three bodies have been recovered from the
debris.
“Rescue operations are still
on-going and we are assuring residents that they shouldn’t panic. We are on-top
of the issue,” he assured.
- vanguard
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