Lagos demolishes sinking six-storey building in Ikoyi

The six-storey building..Photo Credit: X / Hybrid Ola

The Lagos State Building Control Agency has demolished a distressed six-storey residential building located at No. 10 Olufemi Pedro Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, over structural defects and signs of imminent collapse.

The agency said the action was taken to protect lives and adjoining properties following findings from a routine inspection carried out in the area.

In a Tuesday statement shared by the state governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Jubril Gawat, LASBCA said the building was identified during a monitoring exercise within the Ikoyi-Obalende District, where officials discovered multiple structural failures.

It stated, “The six-floor residential structure was identified during a routine monitoring exercise carried out by officials of the Agency within the Ikoyi-Obalende District.”