Ikoyi building collapse: No plan yet to demolish buildings at site — LASG

The Lagos State government has said that there is no plan on ground at the moment to demolish the two buildings at the site of the collapsed 21-storey in Ikoyi, Lagos. This counters speculations in some quarters that the two buildings would be demolished by the state government.

The state government, in a statement signed by its commissioner for information and strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, explained that an integrity test, which would determine their health or otherwise, was yet to be conducted on the two buildings.

He added that operations at the site of the collapsed building were continuing while vehicular movement around the site had been smooth, following the reopening of the road.

Sadly,however, the commissioner disclosed that two more bodies were recovered from the site on Tuesday, bringing to 45 the number of bodies retrieved from the site so far.