Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the names of survivors who were found under the rubble of the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday
The state governor, while addressing the press during his second visit to the site on Wednesday read out the names and ages of the survivors who are presently undergoing treatment at the Lagos Island General Hospital, Marina.
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According to the governor, six of the nine survivors are currently undergoing treatment while three have been discharged but did not specify their gender or give any further detail about them.
Below are the names of the survivors, as announced by the governor.
1. Oduntan Timilehin, 26-year-old man.
2. Ahmed Kanleku, 19- year-old man from Cotonou, Benin Republic.
3. Sunday Monday, a 21-year-old man who suffered a leg fracture.
4. Adeniran Mayowa, a 37-year-old man who suffered a hip injury.
5. Sholagbade Nurudeen, 33-years old man, who has a pelvic injury.
6. Waliu Lateef, 32-year-old man.
Sanwo-Olu, who described the incident as a national disaster said: “mistakes were made from all angles.”
“This is an event that could be described clearly as a national disaster. Mistakes were made from all angles,” he said, adding that such an event “really should not be happening in a modern-day city like Lagos.”
He also condoled the families and loved ones of victims of the building collapse, assuring that there will be an investigation into the matter.
In the wake of the incident, the governor had suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki.
“You can rest assured that if they are other people that are found in the course of the investigation, they will face the full wrath of the law,” the governor added during the visit to the building collapse site.
According to him, there was no manifest to indicate those who were on the building site, a development he said is hindering rescue efforts.
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The building – a high-rise under construction by Fourscore Homes, a Lagos-based real estate firm and located along Gerrard Road.
While it is unclear the number of people in the building at the time of the collapse, witnesses say scores remain trapped under the rubble.
