A collapsed two-storey building under construction killed one person and trapped several others on Friday in the Fadeyi neighborhood of Lagos State.
Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the incident in a statement released on Friday.
Oke-Osanyintolu reported that the structure caved in during the early hours of Friday, adding that rescue workers were actively searching the rubble to determine if more victims remained trapped.
He stated that LASEMA received a distress call regarding the incident at 12:10 a.m., prompting the agency’s Onipanu Base to dispatch its Cobra Response Team immediately to the scene.
The LASEMA Permanent Secretary added that emergency responders arrived at the scene two minutes later, at 12:12 a.m., finding the two-story building under construction already collapsed.
He noted that initial observations indicated construction workers were trapped beneath the wreckage, prompting the crew to launch immediate search and rescue operations.
He stated that emergency responders moved swiftly to locate and evacuate casualties while establishing safety protocols to protect both the trapped victims and the rescue team.
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Backstory…
Building collapses have remained a recurring safety concern in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, with recent incidents raising questions about construction standards, regulatory enforcement and the safety of buildings under construction or already in use.
In recent months, countless incidents and reports of building collapse have been recorded across the state, with some of the most notable ones including; a multi-storey building collapse in the Alakija area of Lagos on June 25, a four Storey School Building in Ogba, the tragic balogun market fire outbreak which led to the collapse of a building in January 2026.
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