The statement was in a swift reaction to rumored peddled online and around town that a new building had collapse at Egerton Street, Oke-Arin Lagos Island.

Shodeinde said that a 3-floor structure was marked as distressed and was undergoing demolition as at press time on Monday 18 March, the building in question was within a built-up area flanked by other adjoining structures at the rear.

He added that the demolition of the distressed building became necessary in order to avert another disaster, adding that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration will continue to sanitize the building construction industry in the state by removing all the distressed, illegal structures and buildings prone to collapse as well as those that were not in conformity with the state building laws.

The general manager appealed to Lagosians to cooperate with the State Government by moving out of all buildings marked as distressed and also stay away from demolition sites.

He emphasized that only the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has the responsibility and professional expertise to determine whether a building is distressed or prone to collapse. Adding that his Agency is passionately committed to pulling down all the distressed buildings in the state.

He listed the Four (4) buildings demolished by LASBCA on Monday 18, March 2019 to include
No. 2, Olushi street by Swamp
No. 3, Obadina street
No. 30A, Isale Agbede Street
No. 36, Isale Agbede Street

With the four demolished distressed building, the total number of buildings demolished in Lagos Island from Friday 15 March to date to March 17 is now 17 buildings.