LAGOS: Two people were confirmed dead after a building collapsed partially in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, on Saturday morning, according to Xinhua.
The incident occurred at about 11.30am local time (1030 GMT) on Saturday in the Ishawo area of Lagos, said Ibrahim Farinloye, a coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency in Lagos, in a statement.
Farinloye said the two victims were trapped when their house was partially damaged when a fence from the neighbouring house fell on their building during Saturday’s heavy downpour.
“It was very unfortunate that no distress call was properly channelled to those whose responsibility is to save lives at the right time,” he said, adding the two bodies were recovered from the rubble of the collapsed section.
Building collapses are not uncommon in Nigeria. Local experts blame them on ageing structures, non-compliance with building planning and regulations, and the use of substandard materials during construction. – BERNAMA-XINHUA
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