Lagos demolishes three-storey building, seals four in Banana Island

The Lagos state government has demolished a three-storey building under construction on Banana Island.

Four other buildings were also sealed and fences around new project sites without government approvals were removed.

The exercise comes weeks after a seven-storey building collapsed in the same area on April 12.

Speaking on Friday, Gbolahan Oki, the general manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), said the three-storey demolished and sealed buildings did not have approvals and did not conform to planning rules and regulations.

He said the fences pulled down neither had approvals from the Lagos government nor authorisation from national inland waterways.

Oki said residents with fake or wrong approvals must comply within two weeks to avoid demolition.

“We removed four buildings and some couple of fences but we still have more to do because most of them were built without approval,” he said.

Oki advised Lagos residents to always do the right thing and obey all physical planning laws for safe construction and sanity in the environment.

“Whether you are rich or poor, nobody is above the law and the law must take its course.”