The story of 21-storey building that collapsed on November 1, 2021 had many controversies surrounding it including greed and usage of substandard materials.
READ ALSO: BUILDING COLLAPSE: Sanwo-Olu descends heavily on GM, Lagos Building Control Agency
First among the issues was the withdrawal of the first construction company who started the building in a letter dated February 20, 2020.
The construction company, Prowess Engineering Limited withdrew its services because it said, “…it no longer shared the same vision with client believed to be Fourscore Heights Limited…”
It went further in a letter addressed to Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Heights Limited that,
“This letter is to formally inform you of the withdraw of our Structural Consultancy Service from the above named project. We arrived at this decision due to the fact that we no longer share the same vision with you as our client in terms of how the project is being executed.
READ ALSO: See lucky Developer, Engineering crew on 20th floor sometime before building collapse (SEE VIDEO)
“We can guarantee the integrity of the first two buildings and also work done up to the fourth floor of the third building supervised by us provided specifications have been met in terms of the required concrete strength. This we do not have control over as we do not have the concrete cube test results of each stage of the building till date. Also, note that we are not taking responsibility for any other construction errors that may have occurred overtime on the project.
“Furthermore, we request that our company’s Name and Logo be removed from the Project Board and also kindly notify all necessary approving authorities of our withdrawal from the project.
“We regret this decision and the lost opportunity to do business together. We look forward to future cooperation in other projects.”
READ ALSO: BREAKING: Scores trapped in 20 Storey building collapse in Lagos (SEE PHOTOS OF WRECKAGE+DETAILS)
in spite of the withdrawal of the construction company on the ground of inferior materials used, the building went beyond fourth floor to 21 Floors resulting in the collapse of the building on November 1, 2021 and the death of 14 persons so far discovered including the Personal Assistant (P.A.) to Mr Osibona simply identified as Nifemi, a lady rescued from the debris.
A video surfaced in the Social Media where the Developer, three expatriates and the wife of the Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Mrs Momodu were on top of the 21st floor sometime before the collapse of the building for a sight seeing and to supervise the level of the work done on the project.
An expert, Ayo Adeniyi wrote after the collapse of the building that 65% of the vacant Floors have already been sold out before the completion of the project slated for 2022. He added that only 15 Floors was approved but out of greed the owner built 21 Floors.
READ ALSO: UPDATE; Gunmen kidnap UNIABUJA Professors, two children, two others from Staff Quarters
Adeniyi added that the Developer, Femi Osibona has developed many buildings in United Kingdom successfully before this tragedy occured.
Already, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday suspended indefinitely, the General Manager of the Lagos Building Control Agency, Gbolahan Oki pending the outcome of the panel constituted to investigate the cause of the collapsed building and to prevent future occurrence.
READ ALSO: See Female naked dancer, Zodwa takes off pants in concert, slaps fan who did this to her – (WATCH THE VIDEO)
It is evident that many heads will still roll given the content of the letter suspending the General Manager by the Governor.
The State Government is also setting up an Independent Panel to probe the collapse,
“Members of the panel will be drawn from the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA), Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) and other professional bodies,” the statement said.
Let Nigerians get their fingers crossed waiting for the outcome of the investigations of the Independent Panel.
READ ALSO: BREAKING: Gunmen attack residence of Yoruba Nation Coordinator, Prof. Banji Akintoye
Leave a Reply