Four Square Zonal Headquarters Church Building at Ojodu-Berger Collapse

  A building collapsed belonging to Four Square Gospel Church. The incident happend at 9, Bashiru Street, Ojodu, a  suburb of Lagos. The collapsed building was a bungalow before it was converted into a three-storey building. The said building was it under construction when the incident occured.
An eye witness says “I heard a large bang and the next thing i saw was that the building undergoing construction just collapsed. More photo after the cut

“Immediately after, I saw a little boy crying, who told us that the construction workers numbering about seven sent him to buy water for them only for him to return and met the building in which they were working has collapsed.”

General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said  that one dead body had been removed from the debris, while four others who sustained injuries had been rescued.
Osanyintolu said evacuation of the victims from the collapsed building was swift as LASEMA officials made use of sophisticated equipments to detect people trapped beneath the debris.
He stated that rescue operation was still on to rescue others that might be trapped in the collapsed building, saying that other rescue agencies were on ground to ensure that a perfect work was done.