Twenty-five-year-old Joseph Ilesanmi, has lost his life after an abandoned two-storey building collapsed around Haruna Bus Stop, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
Two other victims, who sustained injuries when the building caved in around 10pm on Monday were rushed to the general hospital in Ikorodu for urgent treatment.
The Acting Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the occupants were living in the building against the warning of the landlords.
He added that the building had been pulled down.
āIt was reported that it was an abandoned building that the owners had asked the occupants to leave but those there are said to be staying there without the consent of the owners.
āImmediately the incident occurred, the local residence within the area mobilised themselves to carry out initial rescue activities. Though, fire service and police responded but unable to do much due to unavailability of equipment to lift the rubble on the suspected location of the trapped victims.
āOne body was recovered. The collapsed building was an extension. The emergency phase of search and rescue has ended with the evacuation of all debris to ground zero with no additional body recovered.
āSo far, two rescued alive with injuries and one body recovered. The injured victims are currently at the Ikorodu general hospital receiving medical treatmentā, Farinloye said.
