The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has admonished Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure investigation into what led to the collapse of the 21-storey building on Gerald Road, Ikoyi.
He charged the government to get to the bottom of the ghastly occurrence, while adding that he sought “not to prejudge anything or anyone”.
Tinubu sent his condolences to the families of the deceased persons and condemned the collapse in a statement yesterday by his Media Office in Abuja.
The former Lagos governor said in the statement: “The collapse of a 21-storey building on Gerald Road in Ikoyi, Lagos is a sad and painful incident. Once more and all too often, we have suffered the loss of lives for no defensible reason. This tragedy should never have occurred.
“I sympathise with those injured and I commend Lagos State Government, for I know it will see to their immediate medical needs and provide whatever other assistance is required for them to survive the episode and return to a semblance of normalcy.
“The emergency responders are doing well and they require our support and encouragement for their task is hard and not without significant physical danger. We pray that others will be found alive and without significant injury. Search and rescue efforts must continue non-stop until they are able to bring out whoever is still trapped in the rubble.”
Tinubu added: “Some tragedies are unavoidable, but most are not. We need to understand what happened here so that we can work harder to prevent a reoccurrence. I endorse Governor Sanwo-Olu’s order for an investigation into this tragedy. There are many questions to ask, and all those questions deserve full and public answers.”
