At least, 10 persons have been confirmed dead on Monday when a 21-storey building collapsed on Gerard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State.
As of the time of filing this report, many people were still trapped in the rubble, including the Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Mr Femi Osibona, who owned the building, and some of his clients and engineers.
It was gathered that the building crumbled around 2pm when workers were on the site. A workers who was present at the time of the incident, said dozens of people are still trapped in the rubbles.
“This project, 360 Degree, was built by Fourscore Homes Limited. I was trying to plug my phone and not up to five seconds that I left the spot, I saw the building coming down and I ran to safety. We have a lot of people trapped in the rubble, who we need to bring out.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into the sad incident, the commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu also confirmed number of deaths recorded so far.
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