Ahmodu’s granddaughter, Shukura Ishola, told PUNCH Metro on Thursday that the octogenarian, who hailed from Ilorin, Kwara State, passed on around 5pm on Wednesday at the Lagos Island General Hospital, alleging that medical personnel at the hospital did not attend to her promptly
Browsing: Collapsed building
eports by eyewitnesses said four okada riders sleeping in the building were trapped
As l speak, l cannot ascertain whether there is anybody trapped, dead or alive until when we conclude the search and rescue mission.
The building, which collapsed at about 1pm, is part a structure being erected at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church, Odo-akpu, Onitsha
it was gathered that the trapped victims, had already given up hope before the emergency workers reached the scene to rescue them
Muhammad Sule, the Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, monitoring developments at the scene of the incident on Thursday, observed that the council used tapes to barricade the site to forestall removal of debris till investigations are concluded
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who was at the scene of the incident in Onitsha, gathered that no life was lost in the incident
Malam Sabiu Danladi, a resident, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that the house was built with mud
The commissioner was said to have been angered by the spokesperson of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, for granting interview to the Nigerian Television Authority
Ibrahim Farinloye, spokesperson of the National Emergency Management
Agency, South-West, told NAN that the agency got information that the
building started cracking at about 1:30am and finally gave way at
about 2am
The collapsed building is located at 29, Oloto Street, Ebute-Meta.
Sources said residents of the building were in when the building collapsed
Farinloye said that victims, who were injured when the building collapsed, had been rescued and taken to Mushin Hospital
About two weeks ago, two buildings collapsed in the same week in Lagos State
Akande, who paid a visit to the site, expressed shock over the incident, lamenting that the building situated at 15, Bashiru Street, Ojodu, belonging to the FourSquare Gospel Church, had been marked for demolition, but was left undemolished until it collapsed, claiming the lives of two people and injuring others
The Public Relations Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency for the South West, Ibrahim Farinloye, explained that the Ikorodu incident happened in Maya area and that two boys were rescued.
Farinloye revealed that the agency had received worrisome reports that no fewer than 35 buildings in Abeokuta, Ogun State and Lagos States were on the verge of collapse
It was gathered that a meeting was going on in the church when the building collapsed while some masons were up there doing some work on the last floor of the building
The building collapsed on Wednesday morning at Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo, Lagos