Four construction workers have
been rescued from the rubble of a two-storey building that collapsed at
Glover’s Court in Ikoyi on Friday.
According to Femi
Oke-Osanyintolu, director-general of the Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency (LASEMA), the building which is still under construction collapsed
around 4:10pm.
“It is a two-storey building
under construction. LASEMA already activated the Lagos Emergency Response Plan
for all first responders to move to the site of the collapsed building,” he
said.
In an update provided by Nosa
Okunbor, LASEMA public relations officer, the agency said the only construction
worker trapped in the rubble is a 24-year-old identified as Yomi.
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LASEMA says efforts are still
ongoing to save the remaining trapped victim from the building.
The Glover court construction
site houses a total of four different two-storey buildings.
Emergency responders present at
the scene include officials of LASEMA, Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State
Ambulance Service and Lagos State Building Control Agency.
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