No fewer than 60 flats have been marked for
demolition at the Jakande Low Cost Estate, Isolo, Lagos, SUNDAY PUNCH
has learnt.
Sixty-eight-year-old widow, Adebisi Coker, lost
her two daughters to a building collapse in the estate on November 21.
Immediately after the collapse, occupants in
similar weak structures were given a 48-hour quit notice but they were still in
the buildings when our correspondent visited the estate on Saturday.
The letter of notice sent to the occupants by the
Enforcement Department, Oshodi/Isolo Zonal Office of the Lagos State Building
Control Agency, read, “A distressed structure dangerous for human habitation.”
Ten blocks of six flats marked for demolition
have been sealed off by the agency.
Some residents, who spoke to our correspondent,
said more buildings might be marked for demolition after a structural
evaluation by the agency billed for Wednesday.
One of them, who preferred to be anonymous,
called on the government to relocate them, adding that the government built the
structures and should be liable for the collapse.
The resident said, “The buildings were built in
2001. However, 11 years after, they are too weak and due for demolition. About
80 per cent of the buildings in Zone M34 of the estate have been marked.”
Efforts by our correspondents to know when the
buildings would be demolished from the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency
Management, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, proved abortive as several calls to his
mobile phone on Saturday were unanswered.
He also did not respond to the text message sent
to him by our correspondent.
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