Many have been found dead and others trapped in the wreckage
after a building collapsed in Ojodu Berger area of Lagos.
A building collapsed in Ojodu Berger area of Lagos state
killing 2 brothers and a baby. The incident occurred on Saturday morning and
the casualties were confirmed by the National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA), which has been at the forefront of an on-going rescue mission.
The report further confirmed that the incident took place at
Orisha Street, Isheri Magodo, Imodium, Ojodu/Berger, where the baby boy was the
first to be recovered dead.
Also, a woman with two out of four other trapped children, was
recovered injured and rushed to Tabasco General Hospital. The siblings who
died, Sylva Odiah and Sayo Odiah, were 24 and 15 respectively, while the rescue
team was still trying to recover 11-year-old Clinton Odiah and eight-year-old
Endurance Odiah.
A resident said that the building, a bungalow, did not
collapse by itself.
He said: “Around 6am, we heard a loud sound. But we did not
know that the upper part of another building beside the bungalow has fallen on
it. Unfortunately, it fell just on the room where Mr. Godwin Odiah’s children
were sleeping. The man has seven children but three of them are not
around.
“He was the one who saw it and started screaming for help.
He said he was in the bathroom when he heard the sound but did not know that it
was in his compound. Another building also collapsed again but I don’t know if
anyone was killed. Government needs to do something in this area. It is sandy
and water logged. I think the incident is not unconnected with the heavy rain
and the topography in the area.”
Emergency workers comprising NEMA, the Lagos state fire
service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the police were
on the ground to manage the situation. While confirming the incident, Ibrahim
Farinloye, NEMA’s spokesman for the southwest, said the collapse was caused by
mudslides from the cleavage of a hill beside River Ogun.
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