NICE Jos wrote: 15 BUILDINGS HAVE CRUMBLED IN LAGOS WITHIN 7 MONTHS--CHANNELS NEWS A three-storey building at 29, Oloto Street, Ebutte Metta, Yaba Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos, yesterday collapsed killing no fewer than seven persons with 14 others injured. A one-year-old baby, a couple, identified as Bukky and Lanre, and a pregnant woman, a nursing mother, Iya AbdulBarki and her son were all pulled out of the debris dead. Also, an 80-year-old Alhaji Ganiu Salami lost his life and has since been buried according to Islamic rites, while his daughter-in-law sustained injury. 14 persons who sustained injuries when the building caved in at about 2:00 am, have all been admitted at the General Hospital, Lagos Island. - It was also learnt that the owner of the building identified as Alhaji Dimeji, who also owns two other distressed buildings is on the run – The statistics of building collapses in Lagos are now worrisome with resultant loss of property running into millions of Naira. 15 Buildings Collapse In Lagos In 7months Also in Kaduna, tragedy struck on Thursday following the collapse of a three-storey building in the metropolis. Scores of traders and residents, including six children were said to have been trapped in the building which served both residential and commercial purposes. Residents as well as traders in the market watched helplessly for three hours without sighting rescue operators. The state Governor, Ramallan Yero, one of the early callers at the scene of the incident, wept on sighting the building. He left the scene of the incident and came back at about 4.50pm when a crane from the Julius Berger Construction Company had commenced work on the collapse building.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:41:49 +0000