Four confirmed dead in Mushin building collapse — NEMA

Four persons died on Friday after a building collapsed at Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue in the Mushin area of Lagos, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

The NEMA South West Zonal Cordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the deceased were two males and two females while one person was rescued.

This is coming barely two weeks after a seven-storey building collapsed in the Oniru area of Lagos State, killing six persons.

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the Mushin building collapse occurred around noon.

“A building has collapsed on Sonuga Street, at Palm Avenue, in Mushin. Rescue Operation is ongoing. I will keep you posted,” he said.

Lagos State Government has said it would investigate the cause of the Mushin building collapse.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, made this known in a statement.

While visiting the site of the three-storey building in Mushin, which was said to be about 40 years old, he directed that the building be pulled down immediately for safety reasons and to forestall further collapse.

He directed the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory to unravel the cause of the collapse.

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