Another Lagos Building Collapses 24 Hours After Sanwo-Olu’s Visit To Banana Island Site

Barely 24 hours after, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visited the collapsed site of the seven-storey building on First Avenue, Banana Island, another building, yesterday, caved in though without casualty.

The building, a two-storey building under construction, collapsed at 43, Ladipo Oluwo Street, Government Reserved Area (GRA), Apapa, Lagos.

It was learnt that a bolt of lightning hit the building before it came down at about 9:00a.m.

Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL) had on January 5, 2023, sealed the building, but the developer continued with the construction.

After the collapse yesterday, officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) further sealed it up.

It was discovered that there was no signboard to indicate the nature of the building being constructed, no name of the contractor, and nothing to show when the project commenced, which was against LASBCA’s building regulations.

A resident in the area, who did not want her name mentioned, said workers were on the site on Friday, April 21, 2023, but left on Saturday due to the Eid-el-Fitr holidays.

She added: “My husband had severally raised the alarm about the building and he was not surprised when he heard that the building has collapsed.”

(The Guardian)