A five-storey building has collapsed at Ladipo Oluwole Street, GRA, Apapa area of Lagos.
Gatekeepers News reports that Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) have sealed the building which collapsed within a span of two weeks after the Banana Island incident.
The building which was under construction was said to have collapsed following a thunder strike.
Asimiyu Tiamiyu, a volunteer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) in Ajeromi Ifelodun LCDA, 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.
He said that was the reason why no one was involved in the incident.
He noted that the state government must beam its searchlight on the recurring incident of building collapse which had claimed many lives and property worth billions of naira destroyed in the state.
The latest building collapse comes almost two weeks after a seven-story building collapsed on Banana Island in the state.
Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information and strategy, confirmed that one body was recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building.
