One of the buildings at the headquarters of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a six-storey building under constructions collapsed killing 17 yet to be identified persons and about 123 victims rescued.
According to Vanguard News, a three-year-old girl who reportedly escaped without injurywas among the survivals. In the meantime, Lagos State government said it had commenced investigation into the immediate and remote cause(s) of the collapse with the aim of preventing future occurrence as well as identifying any violation of the state’s building regulatory law...(Continue)
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According to Vanguard News, a three-year-old girl who reportedly escaped without injurywas among the survivals. In the meantime, Lagos State government said it had commenced investigation into the immediate and remote cause(s) of the collapse with the aim of preventing future occurrence as well as identifying any violation of the state’s building regulatory law...(Continue)
Tragedy struck on Friday when the building, under construction at the Pastor T.B. Joshua-led Synagogue Church of All Nations, collapsed while labourers were working at the site.
Joshua, yesterday, attributed the cause of the building collapse to terror attack, citing a plane that allegedly hovered in the sky around the building before the incident.
The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the number of the dead and the injured, added that survivors were receiving treatment in government hospitals.
The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the number of the dead and the injured, added that survivors were receiving treatment in government hospitals.
According to the LASEMA boss, the rescued victims, comprising of men and women, including young ones, sustained severe injuries and many of them lying critically ill in hospital.
Late yesterday, Osanyintolu said rescue operation was almost completed as the rubbles had been brought to ground zero level, indicating there could be no more bodies trapped in the debris. “We are on top of the situation”.
When asked whether the state government was considering revoking the land title in accordance with the policy on collapsed building, the LASEMA boss could not give a definite response. He simply said the state government had commenced investigation into the possible cause of the collapsed building for appropriate action to be taken.
One of the workers who escaped from the scene, Mr. Muhammed Idris, told his story. He said, “I am unable to reach my friend through his phone. He was at the site. I have called him countless number of times but he was yet to answer his call. I would have been at the site but I decided to stay back.”
On why the structure collapsed, he said, “I cannot say because we do not use substandard building materials.”
Meanwhile, South West Information Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, told Sunday Vanguard, yesterday, that the rescue operation was yet to be concluded and “we cannot give actual figure of the number of the persons involved.”
Meanwhile, South West Information Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, told Sunday Vanguard, yesterday, that the rescue operation was yet to be concluded and “we cannot give actual figure of the number of the persons involved.”
Farinloye said: “The number is increasing every minute. At the moment, we have 17 dead and 123 rescued from the collapsed building. The ongoing rescue operation was done by a combined team from NEMA and the state counterpart, LASEMA, Red Cross and the church members.”
T.B Joshua explains how building collapsed while addressing journalists, yesterday, in a session in which cameras and all forms of electronic recordings were disallowed, Pastor Joshua blamed the building collapse on terror attack after the church showed a clip taken from CCTV footage showing events that took place before and after the six-storey building collapsed.
From the footage, a plane was seen hovering in the sky four times-11:30 am, 11:43 am, 11:45 am and 11:54 am- before the building went down without something extraneous triggering it.
After the plane hovered the fourth time in the sky, the structure collapsed at exactly 12:44 pm.
After the plane hovered the fourth time in the sky, the structure collapsed at exactly 12:44 pm.
In his explanation after showing the footage, Joshua said the building might have collapsed as a result of terror attack, saying, “In few weeks, the truth behind the collapsed building will be revealed. The last time the Boko Haram issue occurred, some journalists and the police were against the church, but, after some weeks, the truth behind the attack was revealed.”
P.S- Quick recovery to the injured victims and my sincere condolences to the family of the persons that lost their life...
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