Another building collapse in Lagos. Four killed including Hawker.

Four persons, including a 15-year-old hawker identified only as Sukurah, lost their lives on Sunday after a two-storey building under construction, collapsed in Surulere, Lagos State.

The building collapsed around 10am during  the early morning rain.

It was learnt that three people were rescued and were responding to treatment at different hospitals.

A friend of the 15-year-old victim, Tobi, said that she had gone to the building to sell bread to labourers few minutes before the collapse.

She said, “Sukurah and I hawk bread. The labourers called me saying they wanted to buy bread but I did not have change so I left. Sukurah entered into the building a few minutes later. It collapsed almost immediately. Sukurah attempted to run out but she was not fast enough.”

A resident, Alhaja Bukola Saka, said immediately after the collapse, youths in the area rescued three people alive, while two bodies were  recovered.

May their souls rest in peace. But we need to find a lasing solution to this. Too many lives have been lost already.