{"id":147555,"date":"2022-02-11T21:55:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=147555"},"modified":"2022-02-11T21:55:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:55:34","slug":"ikoyi-building-we-were-unaware-construction-continued-despite-stop-work-order-says-lasbca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/11\/ikoyi-building-we-were-unaware-construction-continued-despite-stop-work-order-says-lasbca\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikoyi building: We were unaware construction continued despite stop-work order, says LASBCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has disclosed that its officials were unaware that construction continued on the 21-storey building which collapsed in Ikoyi despite a stop-work order.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the high-rise collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state in November 2021, with over 40 bodies recovered, including that of Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes, the developing company in charge of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before a coroner\u2019s court on Friday, Oluseun Randle, an assistant director in charge of the inspectorate of quality control of LASBCA, identified herself as the officer overseeing Eti-Osa, Victoria, Island, Surulere, Yaba, Lagos Mainland, and Ikoyi.<\/p>\n<p>Randle said Osibona prevented LASBCA officials from gaining access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/15\/seven-construction-workers-die-in-ibadan-auto-crash\/\">construction<\/a> site of the collapsed 21-storey building.<\/p>\n<p>She said to the best of her knowledge, LASBCA had visited the site of the building prior to the collapse incident to check the level of compliance on three occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn officer first visited on February 13, 2019. He peered through a small opening in the gate and observed piling equipment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe moved closer to observe the piling operation and to gain access to the premises. The security operatives manning the premises did not allow him entry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was only asked to wait outside of the gate for the developer (Osibona). After some minutes, the developer came and the officer told him he wanted to serve a notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Osibona) told him that he could not go in and if tried to forcefully gain entry, he would tell the security to release dogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe monitoring officer served a contravention notice and stop-work order dated February 13, 2019 on the structure. The notice and order were to be complied with within 48 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The witness said the LASBCA official returned to the site for the second time on February 21, 2019 and pasted a \u2018seal off notice\u2019 on the fence and left.<\/p>\n<p>Randle said sometime in June 2019, LASBCA received a notification from the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), a sister agency, over a permit given to Fourscore Homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe approval drawing was for three blocks of 15 floors. With that (the permit), LASBCA had a reprieve over the matter,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also said did not know if it was possible for an individual to forge a LASBCA approval document, adding that for the rest of 2019, the agency did not observe any construction work at the site except for the locked gate.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, she said on June 10, 2020, Osibona, his wife, and his workers were arrested for contravening certification and planning laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were arrested by a joint enforcement team of LASBCA and LASPPPA. The security men at the gate put up an attitude by resisting the team\u2019s access to the property,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was found to be in contravention of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Randle said Osibona had continued construction on the property until it collapsed, adding that the agency was unaware that he had returned to the construction site after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agency was not aware that he went back to the site. It was the report of the collapse of the 21-storey structure that gave us insight on the height and type of the structure at the time,\u201d NAN quoted her as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe monitoring officers were not going to the site because of the COVID-19 lockdown. Then, #EndSARS occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll our monitoring officers fell under the category of those asked to stay at home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has disclosed that its officials were unaware that construction continued on the 21-storey building which collapsed in Ikoyi despite a stop-work order. 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