7 November 2021
Ikoyi collapsed 21 story building
On the 1st of November 2021, a 21-story building collapsed at a construction site for luxury apartments in Ikoyi, Lagos Nigerian, killing people and leaving dozens more unaccounted for.
The incident happened just after 2 p.m. on Monday when the high-rise building on Gerard Road, in the city’s affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, completely collapsed onto itself.
The Lagos state Governor Sanwo Olu told reporters that the search and rescue operation was still an ongoing process and adds that the causes of the collapse are not known but there were many irregularities including not having a record of all the people on the site each day. He's stated that he has set up an independent panel to investigate and expects feedback in 30-day to reveal their findings.
So far Sixteen bodies, including that of the assistant of the building's owner, have been recovered so far while nine people have been pulled out alive, according to emergency services on the ground, as excavators sifted rubble from the heaps of shattered concrete and twisted metal where the building once stood.
Building collapses are frequent in Nigeria where regulations are poorly enforced and building construction materials are often substandard. In most cases where a building eventually collapses, the government comes out to cover the story by saying something was approved and something else was done by the builder. Isn't it obvious that something is not right with the narrative of the collapse? No one can specifically confirm the actual number of the floors. Even the government said they approved 15 floors and the builder constructed 25. Some say it is 24 floors, others say it is 21floors.
My conclusion is that the government killed these people and be held responsible for the building collapse. Why did you watch the building get to that stage without interfering with the building?
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