The Search and Rescue team at the
five-storey twin-shopping mall under-
construction which collapsed, Monday, at 9,
Muri Okunola Street, Eti-Osa Local
Government, has completed its job at the collapsed site. The rescue agencies were made up of officials
of the Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency, LASEMA, Red Cross, officers of the
Nigeria Police Force, Maroko Division and the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps,
NSCDC.
The exercise was completed at 6:45 pm,
yesterday, with the recovery of the last trapped
victim, identified as Mr. Dele Oyedele, the
architect of the mall. During the search and rescue operation, the
uncompleted mall was levelled. Head of Operations, LASEMA, Mr. Olusegun
Magnus-Davies and Director, Lagos State Fire
Service, Rasak Fadipe, who both confirmed the
recovery in separate interviews with Vanguard,
said the last victim had been recovered. According to them, “he is the site architect and
his name is Dele Oyedele. His corpse was
recovered under the rubble.” The relatives of the deceased present at the
scene, declined request for interview. Vanguard further gathered that the building
caved in when the workers were trying to cast
the decking to join both malls on the fifth
floor. One of the construction workers, identified as
Abdullahi, who escaped unhurt, said he left the
site at 3:55 pm to observe his prayers. According to him, “After observing my prayer
at about 4:05 pm, I ran out of the mosque to
join my co-workers to complete the
construction work. While still standing at the
entrance of the building, the structure
collapsed. It was like watching a Hollywood movi 5 die, 25 rescued General Manager of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-
Osanyintolu, said the rescue officials worked
through the night to rescue the trapped
workers. Oke-Osanyintolu added that his men had left
the Great Nigeria House fire disaster scene to
concentrate on rescuing those still trapped at
the collapsed shopping complex. According to him, “at least 25 people have
been rescued but unfortunately we recovered
five dead bodies.” Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak
Fadipe, stated that the emergency officials in
the state responded promptly by arriving the
scene of on time.
five-storey twin-shopping mall under-
construction which collapsed, Monday, at 9,
Muri Okunola Street, Eti-Osa Local
Government, has completed its job at the collapsed site. The rescue agencies were made up of officials
of the Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency, LASEMA, Red Cross, officers of the
Nigeria Police Force, Maroko Division and the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps,
NSCDC.
The exercise was completed at 6:45 pm,
yesterday, with the recovery of the last trapped
victim, identified as Mr. Dele Oyedele, the
architect of the mall. During the search and rescue operation, the
uncompleted mall was levelled. Head of Operations, LASEMA, Mr. Olusegun
Magnus-Davies and Director, Lagos State Fire
Service, Rasak Fadipe, who both confirmed the
recovery in separate interviews with Vanguard,
said the last victim had been recovered. According to them, “he is the site architect and
his name is Dele Oyedele. His corpse was
recovered under the rubble.” The relatives of the deceased present at the
scene, declined request for interview. Vanguard further gathered that the building
caved in when the workers were trying to cast
the decking to join both malls on the fifth
floor. One of the construction workers, identified as
Abdullahi, who escaped unhurt, said he left the
site at 3:55 pm to observe his prayers. According to him, “After observing my prayer
at about 4:05 pm, I ran out of the mosque to
join my co-workers to complete the
construction work. While still standing at the
entrance of the building, the structure
collapsed. It was like watching a Hollywood movi 5 die, 25 rescued General Manager of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-
Osanyintolu, said the rescue officials worked
through the night to rescue the trapped
workers. Oke-Osanyintolu added that his men had left
the Great Nigeria House fire disaster scene to
concentrate on rescuing those still trapped at
the collapsed shopping complex. According to him, “at least 25 people have
been rescued but unfortunately we recovered
five dead bodies.” Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak
Fadipe, stated that the emergency officials in
the state responded promptly by arriving the
scene of on time.
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