Building collapse: Lagos arrests 7 over violation of building codes
Lagos State Government, through the state Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has arrested seven persons for violating the state's building codes in Eti-Osa and Ikoyi areas of the state. The arrested persons, which include site engineers and other built professionals were being taken to the Lagos State Mobile Court sitting in Eti-Osa Local Government Council Secretariat and Lagos State Task Force Office, Arena, Oshodi for questioning and fair-hearing. Speaking after the enforcement exercise, the General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Oki, said the exercise was in continuation of its enforcement activities, aimed at clamping down on illegal physical development in different parts of the state. Oki explained that the clampdown on the various construction sites and workers were in a bid to reduce the level of illegalities in the built industry and ultimately avert possible building collapse. Oki, who informed that the arrested persons were apprehended for building without planning pe...