LASBCA Prevents Another Building Collapse
Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has prevented another building at Abaranje in the Ikotun Local Council Development Area of the state, just a few days after a three-storey building collapsed at No 24, Ibadan Street, Ebute Metta, which eventually killed 10 people.
Speaking on the development, LASBCA in a statement explained that the calamity was averted in a distressed, fully occupied building at Adedeji Adebayo Street, Cele Bus Stop
The General Manager of LABSCA, Gbolahan Oki, said the agency took the action when residents of the area reported that the building, comprising five flats and a warehouse, was on the verge of collapse, necessitating the immediate dispatch of officers to the site for an on-the-spot assessment.
Oki, an architect stated that officials of LASBCA discovered, on arrival at the scene, that the property owner was in the process of illegally converting the warehouse into a flat, despite the plumbing and sewage defects noticed at the building site.
“Cracks were visible on all sides of the defective building, while some columns had been removed in the course of the illegal remodelling work being carried out. The discoveries led to the quick evacuation of residents and the building was cordoned off”, Oki said.
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