Many Feared Dead As Six Storey Building Collapse in Banana Island Lagos

A six-storey building situated inside the highbrow Banana Island in Lagos State has collapsed.

The building according to sources is a Joe Faraday’s site still under construction.

A source said while it is unsure what triggered the collapse, concreting was ongoing on the sixth floor before the collapse.

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The National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) said workers are trapped in the building and its officials are mobilising the response team to rescue the trapped victims.

Recall that a year ago, a 21-storey building under construction also collapsed in the high-brow Ikoyi, killing the billionaire property developer Femi Osibona, his best friend, staff of Fourscore Homes, construction workers and police aides.

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Cases of buildings collapsing in Nigeria are increasing daily and this is becoming alarming. See more stories here.

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