A two-storey building has collapsed on Amusu Street, in Orile Iganmu area of Lagos State.

The building collapsed on Monday morning as people were about to start their business activities for the day.


A video of the building as it went down was posted on his Instagram page, but could not be ascertained the number of people in the building when it collapsed.

However, a statement by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) response team said no casualties were recorded during the incident.

Its Head, Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos.

Okunbor attributed the Orile-Iganmu building collapse to distress, added that the occupants of the building escaped unscathed when the building gave signs of imminent collapse.
According to his statement, upon arrival of the agency’s response team at the incident scene by 09.33hrs, it was observed that a two-storey residential building had self-collapsed.
His statement stated that the Cause of the self-collapsed building was attributed to distress, adding that further information gathered from Lagos State Building Control Agency,LASBCA, had given quit notice to the occupants.
He said in the statement that Occupants of the collapsed building had been served notice to quit by LASBCA as being distressed, but some occupants remained recalcitrant.
Okunbor added that all occupants of the building escaped unscathed when the building gave signs of imminent collapse.
He said update to follow as the sites has been cordoned off, saying all occupants in the said building have been evacuated from the distressed building for safety reasons.
He said emergency officials from LASEMA, LRU Pre-Hospital Care Unit, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, police personnel among others were on ground to handle the situation.