A
building in a Lagos community has collapsed causing the death of two
persons and putting others in very precarious conditions.
File photo used only for illustrative purpose
Serious tragedy struck yesterday, after part of a two-storey
building under construction at NICON Town Estate, off Admiralty Way in
Lekki area of Lagos, collapsed, killing two persons — Tasiu Tanko and
Abdulai Usman — who were construction workers, Vanguard reports.
Another worker, Yakuub, who sustained severe injuries, is still
being attended to by doctors at the intensive care unit of an
undisclosed hospital. Vanguard gathered that work was ongoing at the
site when part of the building caved in, trapping the workers.
The deceased, according to eyewitnesses, were brought out of the
debris dead, while others were rescued with varying degrees of injuries.
Residents of the area were said to have thronged the scene to help
in rescuing those under the debris, until the arrival of rescue workers
from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and policemen.
General Manager, LASEMA, Mr. Adeshina Tiamiyu, who confirmed the incident, said: “The agency received a report at about 11.40a.m., regarding partial collapse of a building at NICON Town Estate, Lekki.”
He said investigation conducted by the agency’s Emergency Response
Team, ERT, at the scene of the incident, revealed that the structure was
at the stage of casting the roofing beam.
He added that the construction workers were mixing concrete with a
poker vibrator when part of the building caved in on some of them.
Taimiyu added: “The agency’s ERT immediately cordoned off the
building for further investigation to be carried out by the appropriate
authorities.”
South-West spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency,
NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the bodies had been evacuated and taken to
the morgue. He disclosed that fire also engulfed Bedmate Industry, a
furniture company, at Lekki, yesterday.
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