2 dead, 4 trapped in 7-storey building collapse
Rescue operation at work. TWO persons were confirmed dead, while four construction workers are still trapped under the debris of an uncompleted seven-storey building at Oba Abiodun Oniru Street, Oniru Estate, Lekki, Lagos. The building, undergoing construction, collapsed on Sunday morning of August 4, 2022. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-rescued workers are trapped on the 3rd floor where the two bodies were recovered. The building was sealed February 18, 2021 by officials of Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA but the developer continued to work. A vulcanizer, simply identified as Tobi, said although the site engineer forbids people from sleeping on site, many people usually converge there at night. He added that the building was giving distress vibrations for a couple of minutes and went down slowly, noting that about 30 escaped before the building collapsed. Confirming, spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said at about 3:30 am on August 4, 2022...