Building Collapse On Workers While Job Is Still Going On, Two Died

LAGOS—Tragedy struck yesterday, after part of

a two-storey building which is still under construction at

NICON Town Estate, off Admiralty Way in

Lekki area of Lagos, collapsed, killed two

persons— Tasiu Tanko and Abdulai Usman—

who were building workers.

Another worker, Yakuub, who sustained severe

injuries, is still being under going treatment at

the intensive care unit of an undisclosed

hospital.

Nazzysblog gathered that work was ongoing at

the site when part of the building caved in,

trapping the workers. The bodies according

to eyewitnesses, were brought out of the

 dead, while others were rescued with

varying degrees of injuries.

The building

Residents of the area were said to have

thronged the scene to help in rescuing those

under the debris, until the arrival of rescue

workers from the Lagos State Emergency

Management Agency and some forcemen 

General Manager, LASEMA, Mr. Adeshina

Tiamiyu, who confirmed  the incident, said:

“The agency received a alarm at about

11.40a.m., regarding partial collapse of a

building at NICON Town Estate, Lekki.”

He said investigation carry out  by the

agency’s Emergency Response Team, ERT, at

the scene of the incident that happened,  revealed that the

Building  was at the stage of casting the

roofing beam.

He also said  that the building  workers were

mixing concrete with a poker vibrator when

Some part of the building caved in  some of them.

Taimiyu added: “The agency’s ERT

immediately cordoned off the building for

More investigation to be carried out by the

appropriate authorities.”

South-West spokesman for the National

Emergency Management Agency, NEMA,

Ibrahim Farinloye, said the bodies had been

Removed  and taken to the morgue. He

Said that fire also engulfed Bedmate

Industry, a furniture company, at Lekki,

yesterday.