A building collapsed on Friday, and many Nigerians feared the worst. The assumption was that many would lose their lives in the unfortunate incident, but they managed to escape.
Thank goodness, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Saturday confirmed that there was no casualty.
It was a three-Storey building at Ikpoh Street, Surulere, Lagos that collapsed.
Ibrahim Farinloye si the Territorial Coordinator of NEMA and he confirmed the development to pressmen in Lagos.
Ran Out Before Collapse
The building came down at about 10.00 p.m. on Friday at No. 14 Ikpoh Street, Surulere.
Meanwhile, an occupant of the building, Gervase Anyanwu, a businessman, told the press that all other occupants were able to run out of the building before it came down completely.
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Anyanwu said that before the building came down, there was a large sound at one of its wings.
“Immediately we heard the sound, all the occupants of the building gathered at the mustard point, before evacuating for safety.
“No casualty was recorded,” Anyanwu said.
He added that the immediate evacuation of the occupants was “simply by the grace of God”.
There is an increasing rate of building collapse in Lagos, but this is one of the very few cases with all occupants coming out alive.
