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The General Manager LASEMA, Mr Adesina Tiamiyu said the prompt response
by emergency responders culminated to the rescue of fourteen victims
from the collapsed building at No 9 Daddy Alaja Street, Oke Arin,
Idumota, Lagos Island.
According to him the "Agency received a distress call via the toll free number 767/112 on Monday 29th of May, 2017 at about 7:00am
concerning a collapsed 3 storey building on the Island, which prompted
the immediate activation of the Agency's Emergency Response Team and
other responders which includes the Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos
State Fire Service, Lagos State Building Control Agency, National
Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps to the scene of the incident.
The Agency immediately mobilized all these stakeholders to the scene and
successfully rescued fourteen victims with various degrees of injuries,
who were immediately moved by the LASAMBUS and LRU Ambulance to
Mainland Hospital for further treatment, while two other bodies were
recovered dead from the debris and were handed over to the family
members for burial.
Mr. Tiamiyu noted that preliminary investigation carried out at the
scene of the incident revealed that illegal activities of repairs was on
going, sands and concrete blocks were seen on upper deck of the
building together with scaffolding around it which suggest that
construction was going on in the building already inhabited by people.
He however said that proper investigation would be carried out by the
relevant Government Agencies to ascertain the actual circumstances
leading to the collapsed of the building.
