The building which was located at No 15, Bashiru Street, Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State houses a pentecostal church. It was gathered that the building collapsed without giving any sign of an imminent danger at about 3:15p.m. on Tuesday.
When Nigerian Tribune visited the scene of the collapse in Lagos, rescue operations were being carried out by officers of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), among others.
A 15-year old boy, who wouldn’t disclose his name, claimed to be among five people working in the ill-fated building. He disclosed to Nigerian Tribune that he had escaped unhurt because he had been sent on an errand by his brother who was among those working in the building when it collapsed.
“We were all working in the building when I was asked to buy some loaves of bread. I came back to meet this calamity. My brother, Joshua, and three others were all in the building. I am sure they must have died by now,” the boy disclosed while weeping uncontrollably.
However, the general manager of LASEMA, Mr Femi Osanyitolu, in his remarks said his agency had swung into action immediately it got wind of the incident while adding that by so doing four people were rescued and now receiving treatment at the general hospital.
Meanwhile, a four storey building under construction located at Zone 8 area of Lokoja in Kogi State collapsed on Tuesday has, with three persons sustaining serious degrees of injuries.
One of the workers on site when the building collapsed who gave his name as Samuel stated that the building collapsed around 2 p.m while the construction workers were working.
According to him, “I was working on the other side while others were working under the collapsed side. There was no sign of weakness on the structure but suddenly, we just heard a loud bang, only for us to discover that part of the building has collapsed, injuring three people. We ran out immediately on hearing the noise and rescued those that were injured.”
He said immediately, those injured were rushed to the Kogi State Specialist Hospital for treatment, informing that he is not sure whether the site engineer was around as he was a labourer brought in from Jos, Plateau State.
The officials of the Kogi State Emergency Management Agency and Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Corp (NSCDC) were seen carrying out rescue operations at the site of the collapsed building.
However, the State Emergency Management Agency Acting secretary, Alice Ogedengbe, who was on site said the injured ones have been taken to the hospital for treatment.
At the hospital, however, the victims of the collapsed building were sleeping at the emergency unit while the third one who was in serious condition was being attended to by the doctor at the emergency unit.
A medical assistant at the hospital disclosed that two of the victims are in stable condition while the other is in critical condition.
Nigerian TRIBUNE
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