IGP Expected In Lagos Today, May Visit Scene Of Ikoyi Building Collapse
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Usman, has departed the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to visit the scene of the building collapse in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State.
A senior police officer said that the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, and other senior policemen in the state were waiting to receive the IGP at the airport in Ikeja.
“The IGP is coming to Lagos to visit the scene of the collapsed building in Ikoyi. The IGP is already airborne and could land any moment from now,” the source said.
No fewer than 10 persons died from the rubble of the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday.
A survivor of the incident, Gabriel Bassey, had said that about 50 persons were trapped in the rubble of the collapsed structure.
Efforts are still ongoing to search and rescue some of the trapped victims.