According to a NewTelegraph report, three people yesterday narrowly
escaped death following the collapse of a storeybuilding at Shangisha,
Magodo area of Lagos. The building, which is located at Kayode Aluko
Olokun Close, was under construction when it caved in with three people
trapped.
The building was said to have collapsed about 3p.m., while workers were working on the structure.
It was learnt that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and
other emergency responders, who rushed to the scene, rescued the
trapped victims.
A police source disclosed that the three people trapped in the
building were rescued and taken to hospital. Between January and June,
the state has recorded seven incidents of building collapse, with the
loss of over 24 lives, including that of the pupils of Ohen Nursery and
Primary School at Ita-Faji.
Government said it had identified 149 distressed buildings, 40 of
which were demolished in the past one year. It also said 38 structurally
defective buildings had been earmarked for demolition, just as it
lamented the activities of unscrupulous developers, which, it said,
posed a lot of challenges to government.
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