Lagos Building Collapse: A Black Wednesday At Ita Faji – Channels Television

Activities in the busy and often crowded Ita Faji Street of Lagos Island were disrupted by tragedy on Wednesday morning when a three-storey building housing a school collapsed, trapping more than 100 persons, including pupils.

As the news of the collapse spread, anxious parents, friends, and relatives made their way to the school to find their loved ones and children.The building, located at the end of the street is over 20 years old and among its occupants is the nursery and primary school, which children within the neighborhood attend.

A distraught mother, unsure of the fate of one of her sons who is a pupil at the school receives, a phone call on the scene.She told Channels TV that she had two children trapped in the rubble. While one had been rescued, she had no information about the second. “The school must have a record of pupils who have been here and expect parents to identify the victims rescued taken to Lagos Island General Hospital.”Details about the school remain sketchy and residents referred to it simply as Aunty Esther School. It was gathered that the school is owned and operated by a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Esther Johnson.

Security operatives battled to manage the bitter crowd as people alleged that the list posted by the hospital authorities was misinforming.

Help safe lives by focusing your attention in police barracks. Those buildings in police barracks are disaster waiting to happen. Somnof them have started sinking and cracking. Please help .

Sad,....

And you call yourself the best TV station? How unfortunate

Only sad for the innocent kids.Their lives have been traded btwn Occupants,Developers&State's Urban PlannersAlausa. RIP

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Lagos Building Collapse: Atiku, Saraki Condole With Victims’ Families – Channels TelevisionSad There should actually be sensitisation to people when tragic situations happen that they are not suppose to be crowded there so as to allow rescue team do their jobs effectively; imagine the distance to the ambulance 🚑 smh Sad about this. But the crowd is also too much.This will even make the rescue mission more difficult. Worst still, most of the people in the crowd are just going to take pictures with their phone, not to render help or support to the rescue team. We should change this mentality.
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