Policewoman, two children die in Lagos collapsed buildings.
Police Constable attached to Ikoyi Division, Risikat Balogun and two children were yesterday killed while nine other persons were in critical condition after two buildings collapsed in Lagos. The incident occurred at 16 and 17 Freeman Street, Lagos Island around 2am.
An eyewitness, Risikat Ope said she heard people shouting around 2am and when she came out to check what was going on, she saw the building coming down. When they brought them out, another person died so that makes it three people that died there. There are seven people in General Hospital. Allison Gabriel, a resident of the collapsed bungalow described the incident as unfortunate, blaming the government for not taking action for over two years.
Here we are today. I do not know what went wrong. They did a kind of slight plastering and painting and let it out. When the building fell, there was complete shock and the man dropped the kid to go out a little bit. Unfortunately, the emergency workers got here late. Another woman, Risikat Oyebanji who owned a tailoring shop cried out that she could not pick anything out. Rescuers from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency , National Emergency Management Agency Police, Lagos State Ambulance Service , Fire Service, Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps , Federal Road Safety Commission and the Lagos State Building Control Agency, were at the scene.Director General LASEMA, Dr.
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