The
ground floor of the building was used by traders for motorcycle warehouse,
while the first, second and third floors occupy the tenants.
One of
the traders, Chukwudi Ezeobi said he had about 200 Honder motorcycles, valued
at about N20 million in the building before the incident.
Another
trader, Ambrose Aneke said that he has about 100 cartons of motorcy spare
parts, valued at about N3 million in the building.
Residents
at the collapsed building site have urged the government to monitor the
activities of building developers, with a view to avoid more lost of lives and
property.
They
alleged that most of the collapsed buildings marked for demolition were built
by developers with substandard building materials.
``It is
time that government should look into the activities of developers in Lagos
State. Governement should take over now all such buildings in the state,’’ said
Akinola Jamui, a resident.
Another
resident, Festus Igwe, said that most of the crack walls in some of the
buildings were covered by paints, stressing that most developers only were only
after their money not the comfort and safety of the people.
The rescue
operation was however suddenly halted when Policemen and NEMA personnel almost
came to blows.
Policemen manhandled and arrested the
spokesperson of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye.
The NEMA spokesperson was bundled out of the scene of the rescue operation by policemen, attached to the Rapid Response Squad on the order of the commander of RRS, Mr. Akeem Odumosu
The arrest of the NEMA spokesperson almost marred the rescue operation as other officials of the agency protested and abandoned the rescue operation and drove away from the scene.
Farinloye incurred Odumosu's wrath for daring to angrily stop him from sending away residents of the area, who stormed the collapsed building site, and for telling him that he was stupid to have done that.
It was gathered that Odumosu arrived the scene around mid day and went straight to the scene of the evacuation process and started chasing away non emergency workers, including journalists.
Farinloye, who was in the middle of the operation walked up to him and confronted him, he told Odumosu to stop chasing the residents, insisting that they had been part of the operation, even before NEMA came.
The visibly angry Odumosu, ordered his men to arrest him, leading to the NEMA spokesman being bundled away from the scene.
Farinloye was later detained at Denton Police Station with an instruction from Odumosu that he should be arraigned in court on Friday (tomorrow). As at about at 4 o ' clock on Thursday (today), the man had not been released.
Efforts by people including the chairman of Lagos Mainland Local Government, Ladle Olakanye to have the NEMA spokesperson released failed as the RRS commander insisted on showing him whom he was messing with.
Olakanye even promised Odumosu that the NEMA official would write a letter of apology but he insisted on him being charged to court.
An obviously inflated Odumosu bragged: "He threatened to write a petition, let him go and write. He cannot send me away from here, but I have sent him away. "
The NEMA spokesperson was bundled out of the scene of the rescue operation by policemen, attached to the Rapid Response Squad on the order of the commander of RRS, Mr. Akeem Odumosu
The arrest of the NEMA spokesperson almost marred the rescue operation as other officials of the agency protested and abandoned the rescue operation and drove away from the scene.
Farinloye incurred Odumosu's wrath for daring to angrily stop him from sending away residents of the area, who stormed the collapsed building site, and for telling him that he was stupid to have done that.
It was gathered that Odumosu arrived the scene around mid day and went straight to the scene of the evacuation process and started chasing away non emergency workers, including journalists.
Farinloye, who was in the middle of the operation walked up to him and confronted him, he told Odumosu to stop chasing the residents, insisting that they had been part of the operation, even before NEMA came.
The visibly angry Odumosu, ordered his men to arrest him, leading to the NEMA spokesman being bundled away from the scene.
Farinloye was later detained at Denton Police Station with an instruction from Odumosu that he should be arraigned in court on Friday (tomorrow). As at about at 4 o ' clock on Thursday (today), the man had not been released.
Efforts by people including the chairman of Lagos Mainland Local Government, Ladle Olakanye to have the NEMA spokesperson released failed as the RRS commander insisted on showing him whom he was messing with.
Olakanye even promised Odumosu that the NEMA official would write a letter of apology but he insisted on him being charged to court.
An obviously inflated Odumosu bragged: "He threatened to write a petition, let him go and write. He cannot send me away from here, but I have sent him away. "
While the
drama lasted, the two parties forgot the most important dramatic personas who
should be at the centre of the act: victims still buried under the rumbles.
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