By InfactNG
Lagos State residents woke up to another building collapse on Saturday, Infantng learnt.
A two-storey building on Chris Igadi Street, in the Ago Palace Way area of Lagos State, came down, though no life was lost in the unfortunate incident.
InfantNG gathered that occupants had vacated the building after the building gave a sign it wanted to collapse.
Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said no casualty was recorded during the incident.
Oke-Osanyintolu also said that the site of the collapsed structure had been handed over to the Lagos State Building Control Agency.
According to him, “The agency responded to the collapsed two-story building on Chris Igadi Street, off Ago Palace Way, opposite Kilimanjaro/ AP filling station, around 3am this morning.
“On arrival, information gathered from the residents revealed that the building gave signs several hours before it collapsed. Fortunately, nobody was trapped as all the occupants evacuated the area when the signs began two hours before the collapse.
“A headcount of occupants was carried out to ensure no occupants is missing and the remains of the building were cordoned off. The operation was concluded around 5:23am. The site will be handed over to LABSCA and Ministry of Physical Planning for further investigation.”
