2 DEAD AS BUILDING COLLAPSES IN LAGOS

AGEGE, Lagos, Nigeria – At least two people have been confirmed dead and several others injured when a storey building collasped in Agege, Lagos. The incident, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, occured at no. 9 Abeje Street, Markaz, Agege. Those dead are two females,Toyin Ogundimu(35) and Sherifat Olalere while Mustapha Salaudeen was rescued alive.

“Unfortunately,Two persons(female adult Toyin Ogundimu 35yrs and a young girl Sherifat Olalere 11yrs) lost their lives to the incident and one male adult( Mustapher Salaudeen) was rescued and treated at the incident by the ambulance crew”, LASEMA said in a statement by its General Manager, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu.

He said the agency a gency received a distress call via the emergency toll free number on Saturday 31st of March, 2018 at about 10.48 a.m, concerning a building at  No. 9 Abeje Street Markaz Agege. This ease up the rapid activation of the Agency’s Response Team to the scene of incident

“Investigation carried out by the LASEMA Response Team at the scene of incident revealed that a distress storey building suffered partial collapse at the backside”, he said.

Tiamiyu said that other occupants of the building were immediately evacuated, he however  advised occupants of residential buildings in the State not to ignore wreckage and cracks signs of building by calling the emergency toll free line 112/767 to avoid incident such as this.