Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has listed the names of survivors who have been rescued so far from the rubble of the collapsed Ikoyi building.
He announced the names of certain individuals that were rescued when he visited the site of the collapsed building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi on Wednesday.
He gave the names of six survivors as follows:
Oduntan Timilehin, 26
Ahmed Kendeku, 19, (A Beninoise)
Sunday Monday, 21
Adeniran Mayowa, 37
Solagbade Nurudeen, 33
Waliu Lateef, 32
Three others, according to him, have been discharged from the hospital.
“So, we have all their names, their telephone numbers, their pictures, and everything. “Unfortunately, we have 21 confirmed mortality – meaning people that have been taken out from this site and taken to the morgue,” Sanwoolu added.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other responders from the private sector have been in a frantic search and rescue operation since Monday when the building collapsed at about 2 pm.
Sanwo-Olu speaking with the first responders earlier this morning, thanked them for the work done saying that measures will be put in place for their welfare and protection while carrying out the rescue operation.
This is just as Governor Babajide ordered the indefinite suspension of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Mr Gbolahan Oki, with immediate effect, while he indicated the readiness of the government to set up panel probe the collapsed building.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen, saying that members of the panel would be drawn from the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA), Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) and other professional bodies.
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