Lucky Obukohwo ReportingÂ
Another Five-storey building under construction on Sunday, has collapsed in Lagos state on Sunday April 23.
Truth Live News reports that the incident happened at Ladipo Oluwole Street, GRA, Apapa area of the state.
It was gathered that the building caved in following a thunder strike during the early morning downpour in Lagos.
Meanwhile, men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and other emergency responders have raced to the scene to salvage the situation.
Director Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Magret Adeseye, who confirmed the incident said there was no causality recorded in the incident.
A volunteer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Asimiyu Tiamiyu who was among the early callers at the scene said no casualty was recorded in the incident.
In his words, “all the workers at the site of the collapsed building had embarked on Sallah break, the reason why no one was involved in the incident”,Tiamiyu said.
He added that the state government must beam a searchlight on the recurring incident of collapsed buildings which had claimed many lives and property worth billions of naira destroyed.