LASBCA says it was not notified before fatal Aboru demolition
The Lagos State Building Control Agency says it was not contacted or informed before demolition work began at a two-storey building in Aboru that later collapsed, killing one worker and leaving two others injured.
The building at 42 Governors Road, Aboru, Alimosho, collapsed while workers were carrying out manual demolition.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said two adult men were rescued alive from the rubble, while another adult man was recovered dead.
LASBCA says it was not notified
The collapse has raised questions about who commissioned and supervised the demolition.
LASBCA Public Affairs Director Ademuyiwa Adu said the agency was neither contacted nor informed before the work began.
He described the demolition as illegal.
That description remains LASBCA’s position and is not a judicial finding.
The agency’s statement establishes that, according to LASBCA, it did not receive notification before the demolition started. It does not, on the evidence currently available, establish the complete permit history of the property.
Questions over professional supervision
LASEMA has urged property owners and developers to comply with building regulations and engage certified professionals for demolition and construction work.
But the current public record does not reliably establish who commissioned the demolition, the contractor carrying it out or whether a certified professional was supervising the work.
Those questions are now central to the accountability inquiry.
Responsibility has not been established
LASBCA’s statement does not by itself establish criminal or civil liability against any individual or organisation.
The next questions are whether regulators can identify the commissioning party and contractor, what professional supervision was in place, why LASBCA says it was not notified, and whether formal enforcement action will follow.
For the family of the worker who died and the two men rescued from the rubble, the case is no longer only about the collapse itself.
It is also about whether the demolition was being carried out under the regulatory and professional safeguards intended to protect workers and the public.
