One dead, two others injured as three-storey building collapses in Lagos

Four year old twin, Kehinde Ogundairo, has died after a three-story building collapsed at Agarawu Street on Lagos Island today Tuesday May 28th. A two-year-old girl, Basit Raji and her grandmother, Silifatu Raji were also severally injured in the unfortunate incident.

 

According to reports, the building had been marked for demolition by the Lagos state government. It collapsed around 10 pm on another building, a five-room bungalow located behind it at about 10pm when the occupants were getting ready to sleep.

 

The area has since been cordoned off by officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LABCA)