A two-storey building under construction has collapsed on Ladipo Oluwole Street in the Apapa area of Lagos State.
The three-floor building under construction that partially collapsed on Ladipo Oluwole Street, Apapa ignored the stop work and seal up orders of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and continued construction behind the scene,” Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Mukaila Sanusi, said in a statement on Sunday.
“The collapse incident, which was flagged on the Physical Planning incident management platform on Sunday evening, triggered immediate preliminary enquiries that showed that officers of the States Building Control Agency had issued a number of contravention notices, stop work and seal up orders which the developer ignored and carried on construction without any recourse, whatsoever, to the authorities.”
“Lagos State Government has immediately activated inquires into the collapse to unravel the minute details and guide appropriate actions,” the statement further read.
Sunday’s incident is coming about one week after a similar incident occurred on the Banana Island area of Ikoyi.
One body was recovered from the Ikoyi incident with several others wounded.
Building collapse is common in some parts of Nigeria. Experts often blamed the incident on several factors including inferior building materials, unprofessionalism, and a host of others.
