Students Escape Death As School Building Collapses In Lagos

Many students of Yemco Nursery, Primary and Comprehensive College located in 11 Adudatu Street, behind a private hospital in the Aguda axis of Ogba area of Lagos State on Monday escaped death by the whiskers when a section of a classroom block collapsed on the school premises.

Although no life was lost and no injuries were recorded when the four storey building suddenly caved in, it was gathered that the incident occurred around 11 a.m. and paralysed daily activities in the school as the students and teachers scampered in different directions for safety.

Officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service who spoke on condition of anonymity said there was no cause for alarm because it was controlled demolition of the distressed structure.

According to him, ‘’This was a case of controlled demolition, Students will always be students. In fact they had been evacuated from the affected building before the demolition exercise began. So the screaming over the demolition was uncalled for.”

A resident of the area who simply identified himself as Mr. Tajudeen said they had earlier raised concerns and alerted the school authority when the roofing wood and sheet started falling apart.

‘’The school management said they will do something about it . Our thinking was that they will re-roof the structure. Only for us to be told the students narrowly escaped when the structure collapsed today.

‘’ We are happy that no one died in the collapsed building. They saw it on time that the structure was wobbling and decided to quickly evacuate the students before the building collapsed,’’ he said.

As of the time of filing this report officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service have cordoned off the area and restricted access to the scene of the collapsed building.