A 35-year-old labourer, Ezekiel Ajibola, was killed when a three-storey building under renovation by Keystone Bank collapsed in Palm Grove area of Lagos on Saturday.
Director General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the canopy collapsed and killed the artisan on ground level.
“The workers were working this evening around 7 p.m. and one of the artisans was apparently polishing the floor tiles, whilst another was at the top.
“The canopy collapsed on the artisan on ground level and he lost his life,” the LASEMA boss said.
Oke-Osanyintolu said that Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and police were at the scene and concluded joint efforts to retrieve the remains of the victim.
