Ikoyi: Collapsed Building Shuts for 4 Months, Lagos Dep. Gov.
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Ikoyi: Collapsed Building Shuts for 4 Months, Lagos Dep. Gov.
By Saka Idowu Eletu
Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, said the building that collapsed in the Ikoyi area of the state on Monday had been shut for four months.
On Tuesday, Hamzat paid a visit to the area of the incident and stated that it was closed from July to November.
Two more survivors have been rescued, and the remains of ten individuals have been discovered from the wreckage of the collapsed building, according to him.
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He claimed that the two survivors who were rescued and are being treated at a hospital provided conflicting figures on the number of individuals who were inside the building before it collapsed.
According to him, “This is now a search and rescue operation and our mission is to get people out of here. This morning we took out two people and they are doing well in the hospital. Totally we’ve taken nine people out and they are in the hospital and some have been discharged and we’ve sadly taken out 10 dead bodies
“The operation as you can see is going on and we will not leave until we are able to account for everybody. We are responsible for the people of the state, our focus is on saving lives.
“As a matter of fact, this place was sealed for about four months sometime last year from July to November because our agency came in to do structural test and saw some anomalies and shut it down and said those things should be corrected.
“The other two buildings will also be audited in terms of integrity test and of course if we see anything, appropriate actions will be taken. They were making corrective actions when this happened. At the time this happened, they were not really constructing but investigations later will show what really happened.
“This particular building that collapsed was approved for 21 floors three years ago not 15 floors, it’s the construction that failed apparently.”
