At least dead 5 bodies have been pulled out from the rubbles at the 21-storey building collapse on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Earlier yesterday, a report emerged that a building collapse around 2 pm when workers were on the site. search and rescue workers are still on the scene trying to bring out people who are still trapped in the rubble.
According to Punch source, who was survived the incident said at least 50 including the Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Mr. Femi Osibona, who owned the building, and some of his clients and engineers are still trapped inside.
He said, ‘This project, 360 Degree, was built by Fourscore Homes Limited. I was trying to plug my phone and not up to five seconds that I left the spot, I saw the building coming down and I ran to safety. We have a lot of people trapped in the rubble, who we need to bring out.
“When the incident happened, we brought out six dead bodies and we still have like 30 Togolese and Nigerian bricklayers and four engineers and other workers. My boss, Mr. Femi, is still trapped in the building. He was on the 18th floor with some of his clients, who wanted to buy the building when the incident happened.”
Meanwhile, the General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Mr. Gbolahan Oki, says the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building, under construction in Ikoyi, was given the approval to construct only 15 floors.
Oki told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on a telephone that the owner of the property has been arrested and would face the law because people have died in the disaster.
Some input from Punch
