A member of the media team of the Synagogue Church for All Nations in
Ikotun, Lagos, Mr. Oladapo Bankole, has alleged that three helicopters
hovered over the six-storey building, which collapsed on Friday 20
minutes before the building came down.
Bankole, who spoke with newsmen a few hours after the building gave
way, said three helicopters were seen at about 1pm hovering above the
building, which was under construction.
He added that one of the helicopters came close to the uncompleted
building, noting that the building collapsed 20 minutes after the
unidentified helicopters flew over the building.
According to Bankole, the building involved is standing between the
two canteens of the church.
At the time of the incident, he said some construction workers were at
work while some children were around the canteen.
Bankole said as of 3pm, no fewer than 25 persons had been evacuated
and taken to various hospitals including the General Hospitals at
Isolo and Igando.
He explained that since the church was not envisaging the accident,
the identification of the helicopters was not noted.
He however did not confirm the number of casualties in the building collapse.
He said, "For now, we don't have the casualty figure because the Lagos
State Emergency Agency has taken over the site, but as of 3pm, we were
able to evacuate about 25 persons through the emergency unit. There
were three children involved; fortunately the three of them are alive,
no foreigner was involved.
"We are still trying to understand what the mission of the helicopters
was; we weren't expecting the accident, so we didn't pay attention so
as to the identify the helicopters."
PUNCH
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