The Lagos State Government has expressed its condolences over the death of construction site workers who lost their lives on Tuesday as a result of the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki. In a press release issued on Wednesday and signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the Lagos State Government also announced thatBased on preliminary reports and investigation, it was discovered that the collapsed building was served contravention notice for exceeding the approved floors and thereafter sealed by the Lagos State Building Control Agency.
It
added that it has also been discovered that in a brazen act of defiance and
impunity, the owners of the building, Messrs Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited,
the promoters of Lekki Gardens, criminally unsealed the property and continued
building beyond the approved floors until the unfortunate incident of Tuesday which
has led to loss of lives.
The
statement added that arising from the Lagos State Executive Council meeting decision
on Wednesday, the State Government will no longer tolerate the action of
unscrupulous owners and builders who challenge its supervisory control thereby
endangering the lives of Lagosians.
The
State Government has consequently directed the suspension of work at the site
and ordered the Lagos State Police Command to cordon it off as it is now a crime
scene.
The
government also directed further integrity tests be carried out on every other
construction project which has or is currently being handled by Messrs Lekki
Worldwide Estate Limited in the interest of public safety.
Furthermore,
the release quoted the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode as saying that
all directors of Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited are strongly advised to submit
themselves to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police within the next twenty
four hours in their own interest or face immediate arrest.
The
statement also commended the timely response and remarkable intervention by the
combined men of the Lagos State Emergency Authority (LASEMA), the Lagos State
Fire Service, Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Red Cross, National
Emergency Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Building Control Agency and the Rapid
Response Squad (RRS).
The
Lagos State Government also warned that it will no longer be business as usual stating
that any developer either on existing or new building projects who fails to
comply with building and construction regulations or attempts to subvert the
law will henceforth face criminal prosecution.
SIGNED
STEVE AYORINDE
LAGOS STATE
MARCH 9, 2016
The ceo should be arrested too
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DeleteWhat has happened to TB Joshua? I bet you they will also bury this one under concretes.
DeleteBetter,they need to probe it!
ReplyDeleteYes way to go.
ReplyDeleteAnd those behind that act of irregularity that resulted to this tragedy must be brought to book.
. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
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DeleteGod have mercy on us.. We're no longer save anywhere.. You enter bus, accident, enter market, bomb, you enter house, house will collapse on u, etc It is well🙏
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Delete"Save" ko, "safe" ni. It is well.
DeleteThose folks would lose money eh
ReplyDelete-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
What about the people that lost their lives? You are talking about losing money!!
DeleteOk oooo
ReplyDeletethe criminal prosecution should start with the managers of the Lekki Gardens project. This should be used to watch with caution the actions of many estate developers. Are there quality standards carried out by the authorities on their buildings? A word is enough for the wise
ReplyDeleteMay their souls rest in peace
ReplyDeleteNoted
Wickedness and greediness of man...u want a 5 storey??? Put up a foundation dats befitting.... People go wan use 2storey foundation take build 5storey...... Note... Every building Lekki gardens has constructed has a question mark above it... Dis is definitely not d first time dey are playing dis ojoro..... I feel sad for d poor workers who just died while on duty...idiaaaat..
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This news has been lingering for over 2days now .na now madam de post am.
ReplyDeleteAs you don reader before, na wetin make reader am still come comment again? I swear you be cow.
DeleteSo, is he going to arrest TB Joshua for his own building collapse too ???
ReplyDeleteGod help them and to the departed, may their families find fortitude to bear d lost
ReplyDeleteGod help them and to the departed, may their families find fortitude to bear d lost
ReplyDeleteGod help them and to the departed, may their families find fortitude to bear d lost
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm
ReplyDeleteIt's the contractor's responsibility to protect workers from danger
ReplyDeleteNa wa o. God help us
ReplyDeleteIF YOU LOVE YOUR LIVES, FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT,OPEN THE MARKET SO THAT PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD QUALITY PRODUCTS CAN IMPORT IT.
ReplyDeleteThe greed, ....and sinking, sinking, sinking..........RIP.
ReplyDeleteNa wa ooo
ReplyDeleteLekki gardens buildings all look very substandard. Really sorry for those who subscribed to their properties.
ReplyDeleteMedicine one after death.
ReplyDeleteThe contractors must have bribed someone in the govt to look the other way and allow them keep working. That was probably why nothing was done to them until this tragedy.
Mr Governor, No need to probe only one half of the equation. Investigate your own house and see who was greased to allow the reopening for people to work. And die.
Dis is serious ooo.
ReplyDeleteGod will help us.
#FINEST
Its just another ploy by Govt to wash their hands off the situation.
ReplyDeleteThe company actually stopped work on the said building not Govt that sealed it.
@ATOM, well done, they should arrest TB JOshua too.
God saves us from greediness!!!!
ReplyDeletePple are dying everyday. God please save ur pple. May the dead rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteMay der souls rest in peace. Linda observe!
ReplyDeleteLekki Gardens........hmmmm. Kalo kalo developers . Their estates are substandard. A lot of discoveries will be made when their projects are subjected to integrity tests. Good move by LASG
ReplyDeleteIts really sad...
ReplyDeleteDamn shame,sighhh.
ReplyDeleteCatch dem all
ReplyDeleteBad market
ReplyDeleteDirectors of Messr. Lekki Gardens to report themselves within 24hrs? Aren't they one of you guys at the top? Isn't money somehow been laundered through that company?
ReplyDeleteThe company name should be "cutting corners Nigeria Plc"
All the QS, Mechs, Architects,Development Mgrs (if they have any that is!)should be brought to book!!! I hope this will not be swept under the rug as every other thing in Nigeria is....If people do not pay for their actions, how do we expect this ludicrous act to stop?!
God give and takes..anyhow it pleases him..in the days of job when his lost his everything including his family and servants,if there was LIB then most people would have posted funny comments.every man/business has their trying times.Mr Richard has been a good man.lekki gardens as an organisation has helped and empowered many young and old people..we all know how people go about sleeping in uncompleted buildings in lagos. .if Richard na ur papa..brother..husband..brother or uncle na this same things you for dey talk..why do we always like adding salt to wounds???
ReplyDeletewhen Good people face trials many take advantage of that and write as many crazy comments as they want..we all know that 90 percent of these comments are inspired by beef..lekki gardens has completed over 6000 unites across the country and has many occupants who are enjoying the properties and facilities. we have never heard any of them complaining. na people wey never even visit people for any lakki gardens estate dey here dey talk wetin dem no know...must everybody post a comment? Mr.Richard and lekki Gardens has been supporting and helping many young and old Nigerians..he is a focused and God fearing man..all his staff are leaving working happily, none is complaining...so lets end this noise...RIP to the dead...may God give their families the heart to be strong.
ReplyDeletethe way everybody is pushing against Mr.Richards and lekki gardens shaaa...that means if say we be Americans we for don take God to court after the hurricane...lets take it easy.. except the Lord watches over a city,the watchmen watch in vain.this can happen to anyone.i sympathize with the families of the dead..
ReplyDeleteremember that the same way you celebrate another mans misfortune so shall other men celebrate yours..
ReplyDelete@Richard &Teepee,from a LG 2 property owner, let me tell you this:
ReplyDeleteThe standard of execution of job from LG is not commensurate with cost of project to subscribers and in all fairness to Richard, he had a good dream of providing affordable housing but his contractors and team members are people of questionable characters.