One person is suspected to have died in a collapsed building located at Godo Blocks Estate, Ibereko in Badagry, Lagos State on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the victim, Kehinde Williams, 28, a carpenter, was working in the building when it collapsed.
A NAN correspondent, who visited the scene, learnt that the building collapsed about 10am but the rescue work did not begin till 12.24pm.
An eyewitness said that the deceased was trying to remove the planks from the deck of the building when it collapsed.
The eyewitness said: “At about 10am, Kehinde came to the building to remove the planks from the deck recently constructed.
“From our observations, it appeared that the blocks used for the construction were not of high quality and the cement was not yet dry before he started removing the planks from the deck.
“It was while removing the planks that the building collapsed.”
The source said if attention was immediately rendered to the victim, he might still be alive.
The source added: “The building collapsed at about 10:25am but instead of the owner to get rescue workers, he called soldiers and policemen to prevent people from taking pictures.
“An emergency ambulance came immediately the incident happened but they could not do anything because it is not their job to rescue.
“The crane that was supposed to remove the rubbles did not get here till past noon and the deceased was finally removed from the debris around 2pm.
“It would have taken a miracle for him to survive.”
A mild drama followed when the corpse was brought out as family members did not allow the policemen and soldiers to take the body to the mortuary.
The relatives of the deceased said that they were the only ones entitled to take away the corpse.
Relatives and sympathisers cried and an aunt of the deceased, who was at the scene, refused to speak on the occurrence.
About two weeks ago, two buildings collapsed in the same week in Lagos State.
One was at Ojodu-Berger while the other was in Ikorodu.
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