Builders Involved In Collapsed Ikoyi High-rise Not Certified – Consultancy Firm

Consultancy Firm to the Collapsed Ikoyi High-rise building, Prowess Engineering Nigeria Ltd says builders who worked on the project were not certified.

Gatekeepers News reports that the Managing Director of the Consultancy Firm that withdrew its service from the collapsed Ikoyi High-rise building, Prowess Engineering Nigeria Ltd, Muritala Olawale says Builders who worked on the project weren’t certified.

Earlier, On November 1, the structure which was being developed by Fourscore Homes collapsed leaving 46 people dead while 15 others were rescued.

The owner of Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona was among those who died in the collapsed building.

Olawale while speaking at the coroner’s inquest which held in Ikeja, said builders involved in the project were not certified by the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON).

He also revealed that he was not registered with the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

Olawale said, “I am not COREN certified. I do not have a B.Sc. Engineering but a Higher National Diploma from The Polytechnic Ibadan.

“The contractor was Fourscore. I supervised the staff of Fourscore. I did not see the approved architectural drawings, mechanical drawings and electronic drawings for the project.

“I am not sure of the other buildings. We were not part of the approval process. He (Osibona) is our client. We just did what they told us.

“We never got milestone approvals for each of the floors. We were bothered. We kept asking and he said that if the government agencies had any problem, they can come and lock up the place.

“We did not build blocks A and C; we supervised it. Fourscore was the builder. The client (Fourscore Heights Ltd) doubled as the contractor/builder.”