Another building collapse in Lagos, four killed

No fewer than four persons, including three children were on Saturday morning confirmed dead, after another building collapsed in Lagos.

The building, a bungalow located at Orisha Street, Isheri, Magodo caved in during a heavy rainfall.

According to a resident, the bungalow did not collapse by itself. “Around 6am, we heard a loud sound. But we did not know that the upper part of another building beside the bungalow has fallen on it.
“Unfortunately, it fell just on the room where Mr. Godwin Odiah’s children were sleeping. The man has seven children but three of them are not around.
“He was the one who saw it and started screaming for help. He said he was in the bathroom when he heard the sound but did not know that it was in his compound.
“Another building also collapsed again but I don’t know if anyone was killed.
“Government needs to do something in this area. It is sandy and water logged. I think the incident is not unconnected with the heavy rain and the topography in the area,” said the resident.

Confirming the incident, NEMA’s spokesman for the southwest, Ibrahim Farinloye said the collapse was caused by mudslides from the cleavage of a hill beside River Ogun.
He said: “Four persons were recovered dead. The cause of the collapse was the heavy rainfall.