LAGOS BUILDING COLLAPSE: US-BASED PROPERTY AGENT, BOB-OSENI UNDER RUBBLE, HE WAS TO RETURN TO AMERICA THE SAME DAY HE DIED

 

Oseni was on his way to the United States on Monday when he got a call from Osibona, to check out the ongoing development.

A US-based real estate dealer, Wale Bob-Oseni is among the victims of the building collapse which happened in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday.

According to reports, Oseni had gone to visit his friend, Femi Osibona at the ill-fated 21-story building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi before the unfortunate incident.

US-based real estate dealer, Wale Bob-Oseni is among the victims of the building collapse which happened in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday.

According to reports, Oseni had gone to visit his friend, Femi Osibona at the ill-fated 21-story building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi before the unfortunate incident.

The rescue and emergency personnel have evacuated nine persons alive from the debris of the fallen building. 

The survivors comprised eight males and one female, while the fatalities had three females and 33 males.

The 21-story building was still under construction when it crumbled on Monday in the upscale Ikoyi neighborhood of Nigeria’s commercial capital.

Meanwhile, Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the establishment of an independent panel to probe the disaster.

Members will be drawn from the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA), Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), and other professional bodies.

The committee will investigate the remote and immediate causes of the incident and make recommendations on how to prevent future occurrences.

“The investigation is not part of the internal probe already being conducted by the government,” Information Commissioner, Gbenga Omotoso had announced in a statement.

Sanwo-Olu had also vowed to bring those responsible for the disaster to justice.

The governor also directed that the General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki, an architect, be suspended from work immediately.

The Deputy Governor of Lagos, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, who visited the site amid tight security, explained that the premises of the collapsed building had been sealed by the government agency in charge of testing, for more investigation into the integrity of the structure.

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