A five-storey shopping complex
under-construction at 9, Muri Okunola Street,
in Eti-Osa Local Government Area, yesterday,
collapsed killing at least three persons and
injuring 15 others. At 8:30p.m., when Vanguard visited the scene,
it was gathered that scores of persons might
still be trapped under the debris. At the scene, officials of the Lagos State
Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Red
Cross and men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF,
attached to the Maroko Station, Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC,
Lagos Command, were sighted still battling to rescue the trapped persons
Of the 15 rescued, five are said to be in critical
conditions 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 away 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 4:00p.m. An eyewitness, Mr. Adetayo Olaseni stated:
“The building collapsed at about 4:00p.m. while
construction works were still ongoing. This led
to pandemonium, as everyone scampered for
safety.” Another eye-witness, Miss Blessing Osundare
said: “I heard a loud bang and all I saw was that
the entire building had collapsed on the
workers. While some escaped unhurt, others
are still trapped under the debris. “I can’t say this is the number of people here,
but I know that they were more than 60
persons working at the site.” Confirming the tragedy, the General Manager
of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said: “A
twin four-storey building located at Muri
Okunola Street, Victoria Island collapsed.” “Fifteen persons have been rescued so far
while three corpses have been recovered from
the debris. “Rescue operations are still on-going and we
are assuring residents that they should not
panic. We are on top of the issue.”
under-construction at 9, Muri Okunola Street,
in Eti-Osa Local Government Area, yesterday,
collapsed killing at least three persons and
injuring 15 others. At 8:30p.m., when Vanguard visited the scene,
it was gathered that scores of persons might
still be trapped under the debris. At the scene, officials of the Lagos State
Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Red
Cross and men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF,
attached to the Maroko Station, Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC,
Lagos Command, were sighted still battling to rescue the trapped persons
Of the 15 rescued, five are said to be in critical
conditions 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 away 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 4:00p.m. An eyewitness, Mr. Adetayo Olaseni stated:
“The building collapsed at about 4:00p.m. while
construction works were still ongoing. This led
to pandemonium, as everyone scampered for
safety.” Another eye-witness, Miss Blessing Osundare
said: “I heard a loud bang and all I saw was that
the entire building had collapsed on the
workers. While some escaped unhurt, others
are still trapped under the debris. “I can’t say this is the number of people here,
but I know that they were more than 60
persons working at the site.” Confirming the tragedy, the General Manager
of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said: “A
twin four-storey building located at Muri
Okunola Street, Victoria Island collapsed.” “Fifteen persons have been rescued so far
while three corpses have been recovered from
the debris. “Rescue operations are still on-going and we
are assuring residents that they should not
panic. We are on top of the issue.”
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