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The General Manager of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki, says the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building under construction in Ikoyi was granted approval to construct only 15 floors.
Speaking to NAN on Monday, Oki said the owner of the property had been previously arrested, adding that he would be persecuted because people have died in the building collapse.
“He got an approval for a 15-storey building and he exceeded his limit. I am on ground here and the materials he used are so inferior and terrible,” Oki said.
“The materials he used, the reinforcement, are so terrible. He got approval for 15 floors but built 21.
“I think he has been locked down. He has been arrested before now.”
The GM added that rescue efforts are ongoing.
“We are still here and have four machines working as at this moment,” he said.
According to eyewitnesses, the owner of the building and workers was also trapped in the rubble and up to 100 people are missing following the collapse.
Meanwhile, at least 50 people are said to still be trapped in the collapsed building located at 20, Gerrard road in Ikoyi, scheduled to be completed in 2022.
General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osayintolu said a search and rescue effort had been launched for survivors of Monday’s incident.
“Currently all responders are on the ground as search and rescue is ongoing,” Oke-Osanyintolu said, adding that the death toll now stood at six.
Four people were rescued alive and three more treated for minor injuries at the scene, he said.
Africa’s ambition of restoring over 100 million hectares of degraded landscape for agricultural production is achievable, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The Nigerian president said this on Monday during a […]
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