The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that no life was lost in the collapsed building at 1st Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi area of Lagos State.
According to a statement posted on the agency’s Facebook page on Wednesday, LASEMA Response Team arrived at the scene of the incident to find a six-storey building under construction had collapsed due to a truck that ran into the building.
“Upon the arrival of the LASEMA Response Team at the scene of the incident, a six-storey building under construction was found to have collapsed. Information gathered revealed that the building collapsed as a result of a truck that ran into the building,” the statement read.
“Fortunately, no lives were lost in the incident. LASEMA assured residents that reconstruction efforts were ongoing to restore the building to its initial state and forestall any secondary incident.
“Efforts are ongoing to reconstruct the building to ground zero to forestall any secondary incident. Recovery operations ongoing,” the statement further read.
