2 Die As Part Of Building Collapse At Lagos Police Barracks
A police sergeant and another person lost their lives when a building collapsed at Highway police Barracks in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Christmas Day.
The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Adeshina Tiamiyu confirmed the death. Tiamiyu said that the agency had earlier received a distress call on the collapsed building at High Way Police Barracks opposite Area F, Ikeja.
He said that the toilets and stairways of wing `D’ of the building collapsed at about 4.00a.m. Tiamiyu said the agency’s officials in collaboration with men of Lagos State Fire Services, the police and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) recovered the two bodies of the dead men. He said one of the corpses was simply identified as Danjuma while the name of the other one was yet to be known.
“Their bodies had been deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba,” Tiamiyu said.
Tiamiyu also said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, had visited the barracks and ordered the evacuation of residents living in the affected building as well as those in other dilapidated buildings.
He added that Owoseni also ordered the immediate demolition of the affected block. Tiamiyu said LASEMA with other stakeholders had commenced the demolition of the affected building following the directives of the Commissioner of Police.
The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Adeshina Tiamiyu confirmed the death. Tiamiyu said that the agency had earlier received a distress call on the collapsed building at High Way Police Barracks opposite Area F, Ikeja.
He said that the toilets and stairways of wing `D’ of the building collapsed at about 4.00a.m. Tiamiyu said the agency’s officials in collaboration with men of Lagos State Fire Services, the police and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) recovered the two bodies of the dead men. He said one of the corpses was simply identified as Danjuma while the name of the other one was yet to be known.
“Their bodies had been deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba,” Tiamiyu said.
Tiamiyu also said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, had visited the barracks and ordered the evacuation of residents living in the affected building as well as those in other dilapidated buildings.
He added that Owoseni also ordered the immediate demolition of the affected block. Tiamiyu said LASEMA with other stakeholders had commenced the demolition of the affected building following the directives of the Commissioner of Police.
- WHAT A SHAME....ALL THE PREVIOUS POLICE IGs DON CHOP ALL UNA MONEY FINISH.
- WHAT WLD IT COST TO RENOVATE A COMMON BARRACK???
- DIS BUILDINGS ARE OLDER THAN MY TEENAGE CHILDREN AND I DO NOT THINK DEY HAVE EVER BEEN RNNOVATED SINCE DEY WERE BUILT IN THE LATE 60s.
- ALL D MONEY WEY GOVT GIVE DEM TAKE DEVELOP UNA BARRACK DON DEY THEIR FOREIGN ACCOUNT...UNA IGs DON STEAL DEM FINISH..
- WICKED PEOPLE....MEANWHILE JUNIOR OFFICERS DEY SUFFER FOR BARRACKS.
- BUHARI...PLS ASK EFCC TO PROBE ALL OF DEM LIKE RINGIM WEY DON GO HIDE FOR UK DEY ENJOY WITHOUT DOING A DAY'S WORK!!!
- NIGERIA WE HAIL THEE !!!
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