An hour later, she heard anguished screams outside. A nearby building had collapsed, and her children were inside it.Adedoyin raced to the scene, where a small crowd had gathered and a search had begun for survivors among the rubble of the aging three-story building that had given way without warning, trapping residents, pupils and small goods traders inside.The expert added that there were many similar buildings in the Lagos Island area that were also at risk.
At the Lagos Island hospital, Adedoyin was relieved that her daughter was out of the building, but her thoughts turned to her son, Taiwo, whose whereabouts she still did not know. It would be hours later that she would learn his fate.She prayed fervently that her daughter recovered from her injuries.
Also on the list are Afolabi Rodiat, Olawusi Rokibat, Alawu Fayibat, Adedoyin Kehinde, Rasheed Labat ,Naimot Tise, Alabi Kabiru, Shashore Kabiru, Ogunsanwo Daniel , Owolabi Ayomide and Ayeni Faruo. During the governor’s visit to the area, Ambode added that many houses in the area had structural problems and would be demolished.
Hundreds of families have been keeping vigil at the three leading hospitals in Lagos, where victims of the building collapse are receiving treatment.At the Lagos Island Hospital on Thursday, family members huddled around a list of survivors posted at the emergency unit. “We have searched all the debris and gotten to the last floor of the building; there are no more survivors,” he said.Despite the claim by Farinloye and echoed by the General Manager of LASEMA, Mr. Tiamiyu Adesina, that all occupants of the failed building had been rescued and operations concluded, controversy continued to trail the decision to call off rescue as some parents were still searching for their children as of weekend.Mr.
“Now they have called off the rescue when it is obvious that some victims haven’t been found”, she said. We lived in a room and parlour in the building and we have clothes and other valuables like my school certificate and NCE which are buried under the debris. I have not been able to recover anything from the building except this plastic in my hand ”.
“I didn’t live in the collapsed building but everyone in this neighbourhood knew about the state of this building. Almost every year it developed one issue or the other. For over five years, this house had been having problem. The pillars of the building were too tiny and the rims were small. Once in a while you see the demolition sign on the building, later you won’t find it again obviously because the owner had settled government officials.
vanguardngr Yet another way Nigeria is killing her youths, destroying families 😠 We can't even enforce building norms. Every now and then a building collapses in Nigeria and nothing, absolutely nothing is done about it 😠😠😠
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