1 person Dead, 2 Others Rescued Alive As 21-Storey Building Collapses in Ikoyi

• A 21-storey building located in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state has collapsed trapping many residents of the area
• The building collapse was confirmed by the acting coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
• Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed that the collapsed building is located on Gerrard Road around the Ikoyi area

Residents are scampering for safety in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state as a 20-storey building has reportedly collapsed.

The incident was confirmed by the acting coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) southwest, Ibrahim Farinloye.

Farinloye said the building is located at Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi area of the state.

A video clip shared by Vanguard Newspaper shows many residents in the area running helter-skelter towards the collapsed building.

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While details of the collapse are still sketchy, it is unclear how many people might be trapped in the debris of the collapsed building at the time of this report.

4.17 PM: Farinloye has just confirmed that two people have been rescued alive from the collapsed building.

He also said that efforts are been put in place as NEMA officials alongside other officials in the state are mobilising resources to ensure that those trapped in the rubble are rescued in due time

4.31 PM: The NEMA official also confirms that the building is a multipurpose one.

5.01: One person has been confirmed dead in the incident that occurred in Gerrard Road, Ikoyi Lagos state.

The body of the yet to be identified victim was said to have been recovered by officials at the scene of the building collapse, Farinloye said.

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh previously reported that a similar incident occurred around the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday, October 18.

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Ibrahim had confirmed that the building located at No 97 Lagos Road Haruna in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state collapsed.

One person, a 25-year-old male who was identified as Joseph Ilesa died as a result of the incident while two other people who were injured were receiving treatment in a hospital in Lagos.

He also said that the building which collapsed at about 10 pm on Monday night was long abandoned by its owner before the incident.

In another incident,YEN.com.gh had made a list of the collapsed federal government-owned roads across states in Nigeria.

Some of these roads, the report said are in a quite deplorable state hampering movement of motorists and other users across the country.

These roads include; the Enugu-Onitsha, Onitsha Owerri, Aba-Owerri, Owerri-Umuahia, Enugu-Abakaliki, Oba-Nnewi-Okigwe.

It was gathered that the conditions of the roads have made transportation from Enugu to Onitsha which, in the good old days, used to take less than one hour now takes about six hours.

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The same misfortune goes for Enugu-Aba and Onitsha-Owerri.

Source: YEN.com.gh