Following the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on
Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki on Tuesday, the Police on Thursday
said Richard Nyong, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
Lekki Gardens, the construction company behind the collapsed building,
has been detained at Panti Police Station.
Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Mrs. Dolapo Badmos, who
confirmed Nyong’s arrest, said he will be charged to court as soon as
investigations are completed.
On Wednesday, Governor Ambode had ordered all
Directors of Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited to submit themselves to the
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, within the next
twenty four hours or face immediate arrest.
Nyong complied with the directive and reported himself to the office of
the Commissioner of Police in company of his lawyer, Mr. Wole Olanipekun
(SAN) and was detained after interrogation.
It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government in the wake of the
building collapse, revealed that preliminary reports and investigation,
it was discovered that the collapsed building was served contravention
notice for exceeding the approved floors and thereafter sealed by the
Lagos State Building Control Agency.
The government also discovered that in a brazen act of defiance and
impunity, the owners of the building, Messrs Lekki Worldwide Estate
Limited, the promoters of Lekki Gardens, criminally unsealed the
property and continued building beyond the approved floors until the
unfortunate incident of Tuesday which has led to the death of over 30
persons.
Governor Ambode who is said to be irked at the spate of building
collapse in the state had vowed to wield the big stick so as to put a
stop to the disturbing trend.
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