A three-storey building under construction has collapsed in Apapa area of Lagos.
The latest building collapse in Lagos comes eleven days after another seven-storey building collapsed in the high browl Banana Island, Ikoyi area of the state which killed one person.
Sunday’s incident which occurred on Ladipo Oluwole Street, Apapa, recorded no casualtu as all the workers at the site were said to have embarked on Sallah holiday.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has said that the those behind the construction of the building ignored the stop work and seal up orders of the Lagos State Building Control Agency and continued construction behind the scene.
A statement by Mukaila Sanusi, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, said: “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.”
The authorities have cordoned off the site and “activated inquires into the collapse to unravel the minute details and guide appropriate actions.”
