Five Rescued In Another Building Collapse In lagos

-LASEMA rescued five persons in another collapsed building in Lagos
– Oke-Osanyintolu said that the accident occurred at 9.15 p.m., adding that the rescue was in collaboration with the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA)
– The most important thing is that, we rescued five people alive while pulling down the building to save lives and property to the residents
 
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has rescued five victims in another collapse building in Ojuelegba area of Surulere.
The Chief Executive Officer, (LASEMA) Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to journalists on Friday in Lagos said that the victims were rescued after the building was pulled down to the ground zero about 11 p.m.
Oke-Osanyintolu said that the accident occurred at 9.15 p.m., adding that the rescue was in collaboration with the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA).
“The most important thing is that, we rescued five people alive while pulling down the building to save lives and property to the residents.
“When we got to the building, we discovered that the building was highly unstable, LASBCA had marked the building on March 25, 2015 and May 21 while the residents and the landlord were warned to vacate their premises.
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“We need to perform, urgently, the construction and re-development of that area because of safety of lives and property.We then have to use our sophisticated equipment to check whether people are under the debris. With our equipment, we pulled down the building to the ground zero,” the chief executive officer said.
Oke-Osanyintolu urged residents in the state to ensure their buildings were properly maintained, adding that emergency was everybody’s business.
In the same vein,The General Manager, LASBCA, Mrs Abiola Kosegbe, said that the agency had identified and marked the collapsed building in question in 2015 and 2019.
She said that the marking was done after conducting a text which indicated that the property was in a distress.