Breaking: Tragedy strikes in Lagos as building collapses, claiming three lives

A building collapsed in the wee hours of Thursday at Arowojobe Estate in Maryland, Lagos, claiming the lives of three site workers.

Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the incident in a statement that it occurred at No. 13, Wilson Mba St., Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos.

He said: “The agency received a distress call regarding a collapsed building at the above address at about 3.49 a.m.

“This prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s response team to the incident scene at 3.58 a.m. It was discovered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed.

“Search and rescue operations began immediately, and three adult males were recovered dead, two male adults were rescued alive, and one adult male trapped under the rubble was rescued.”

He also acknowledged that the combined efforts of LASEMA and the Lagos State Fire Service assisted in rescuing the survivors.

He said: “All six men were site workers.

They are receiving pre-hospital care on location, while the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit has been contacted for the remains of the three fatalities.

“A combined team of agency personnel, fire service, and Nigerian police are working at the scene. LASEMA’s excavator has been deployed to accelerate the search and rescue operations.”