Lagos State Government Seals five Storey building under construction at GRA, Apapa

Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency have sealed a five storey building under construction which collapsed on 45, Ladipo Oluwo Street in GRA Apapa area of the state.

The latest building collapse in Lagos comes barely 72 hours after a seven story building collapsed in Bananna Island area of the state.

The collpase of the building in Apapa was due to thunder strike orchestrtated by heavy rains early today.

A Volunteer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp in Ajeromi Ifelodun LCDA, Asimiyu Tiamiyu who was among the early callers at the scene said no casualty was recorded in the incident.

According to him, all the workers at the site of the collapsed building had embarked on Sallah break, reason why no one was involved in the incident.

He noted that the state government must beam a search light on the recurring incident of collpase building which had claimed many lives and property worth billions of Naira destroyed.

About a fortnight ago multiple Storey building at highbrow Banana island collapsed killing one construction worker.

Reacting to the collapsed building Lagos State government said the building was an illegal structure.