General
No resident trapped under Oke-Arin building collapse
Contrary to widespread reports that several residents were trapped under the building collapse at Egerton square in Oke Arin area of Lagos, no resident was trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building.
When Punch visited the site of the building collapse, the two men trapped under the rubble had been rescued and taken to the hospital.
According to the Chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC) in Lagos island LGA, Buhari Maleek, the only casualty involved in the collapse were two Hausa men who were involved in the demolition of the building and they’re presently receiving treatment at the Lagos Island Mortuary General Hospital.
He said “The building was marked for demolition in 2016, but was not demolished. Following last week building collapse at Ita faji area, officials of Lagos State Building Control Agency came on Saturday to mark it for demolition and ordered all shop owners to move out their goods before Monday.
According to a barber, Akinloye Abduljelil, who owns a shop close to the scene, it was in the course of demolishing the building from the ground floor, that it went down and collapsed on the men brought to demolish the building.
He said, “They came in this morning, brought eight Hausa men and started demolishing the building, four of them were under the building when it collapsed on them, two were rescued without any serious injury, while the two others who sustained injuries have been taken to the hospital”
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