Just in: 2 Storey Building Collapses in Lagos as LASEMA Speaks on Fatalities

Just in: 2 Storey Building Collapses in Lagos as LASEMA Speaks on Fatalities

  • A massive and old residential structure in Lagos state collapse in the hours of Tuesday, June 15
  • The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA)'s DG, Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed the development
  • However, Oke-Osanyintolu made it known that nobody died or sustained an injury for the collapse which was caused by a night wind

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Lagos - A two-storey building located around the Oke Arin area of Idumota, Lagos Island went down on Tuesday, June 15, as confirmed by the management of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

LASEMA revealed that the building which was undergoing supervised demolition collapsed in the night of Tuesday following a wave of turbulent wind, TVC News reports.

The building is in the Idumota area of Lagos
LASEMA said the collapsed structure was under controlled demolition (Photo: Lagos State Emergency Management Agency)
Source: Facebook

The agency's director-general, Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, noted that there were no fatalities involved in the incident.

OkeOsanyintolu added that the structure is already under the oversight of the Lagos State Building Control Agency ( LABSCA).

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Meanwhile, a Nigerian man identified as Abu Hamid had got social media talking with some amazing photos of a building project he handled.

The architectural design is unique and its beauty lit up social media. Many who admired the building took to the comment section of the post to commend the brain behind it.

Abu has further proven that young Nigerians are creative people who turn ideas to reality.

He shared three photos on his Twitter page. One of them is the building process, the other is the end result, and the third picture is the design.

Reacting to the beautiful building project, @MengederF said:

"This is really amazing and nice architecture."

@j_snibs wrote:

"Amazing work Sir!"

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In other news, a young man had taken to social media to announce that he acquired his first house at the age of 22. The man with the Twitter handle @mariiiwrld shared adorable photos of himself in and outside the beautiful house.

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In one of the photos, @mariiiwrld could be seen holding keys to the house, and in another photo, he stood in front of the building, smiling and feeling fulfilled that his dream has finally come true.

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