A seven-story building has collapsed in Lagos state’s Banana Island area, trapping many workers beneath the rubble.
According to reports, the building collapsed on Wednesday evening, April 12. It was also revealed that some workers are currently trapped under the rubble.
In a brief statement, the Lagos State National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the incident.
“A report of a storey building under construction was just received at Banana Island. Workers trapped. We are mobilising to respond,” the statement reads.
Social media users have penned down heartfelt messages and prayers for the victims of the sad incident.
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Seven-story building collapses in Banana Island, Lagos
Choplifekitchenlagos: These people are building luxury on bad foundation costing people their irreplaceable lives.
Babajideedges1: Real estate industry in Lagos is heartless. Too many expensive disasters and gain-maximizing horrors waiting to happen.
Bar_bajide: I am concerned that even the Elite can’t build something substantial. I hope lives are saved but we need to start asking why we don’t yearn for quality work.
This is sad and shameful , very shameful .
Don’t the elites care for their own lives and property ?
Doris_onyii: Dear Lord! Please save those innocent workers, they were only working for their daily bread 😢 This is so scary! The thought of a building collapsing and people actually being trapped is really scary!
Michael._u: You can only imagine the fully constructed disasters that have people living inside, just waiting to happen. Sadly, the necessary checks to ensure proper vetting of engineers and materials for these constructions are easily bypassed with money/bribery in this country.🤦🏾♂️
