How we narrowly escaped death in Lagos building collapse – Shop owners

Shop owners share harrowing tales of survival and loss after a Lagos building collapse, highlighting ignored warning signs and the tragic death of an appre

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Structure crumbled minutes after I left, killed my apprentice — Nwabueze

Nwabueze

Kenneth Nwabueze, who narrowly escaped death in the three-storey building that collapsed at Alakija, Oriade Local Council Development Area, on Thursday, tells CHIJIOKE IREMEKA how his apprentice died and the cost of ignoring warning signs of distressed structures

How does it feel to have escaped the disaster that rocked Alakija on Thursday?

Nobody is happy about what happened here because many lives were lost. The lives lost cannot be brought back, but the money and businesses that are gone can be replaced.