Barely two week after a five-storey building collapsed at Lekki
Gardens,Lagos, killing 34 persons, tragedy occurred again in Lagos, on
Saturday, when a building at No 9, Alli Close, Mile 12, partially
collapsed and killed a 47-year-old woman, leaving many other residents
injured,Some portions of the balcony had caved in, but the residents
refused to vacate.
The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA,
Mr. Micheal Akindele, said preliminary investigation confirmed the
death of the woman, and no other casualty.
According to him, the residents of the 18-room-building had been
evacuated and the site cordoned off. Meanwhile, the property owner, it
was gathered, had been invited to the state Secretariat, Alausa, for
questioning.
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