The Lagos State government has announced that Fourscore Homes Limited, the firm developing the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on November 1, 2021, will face criminal prosecution, IgbereTV reports.
This according to a statement made available on Thursday is following the recommendation contained in the White Paper on the incident.
At least 50 persons were killed in the tragedy which occurred last year. The owner of the firm Mr. Femi Osibona was reported dead in the accident too.
The state government in the statement also announced that the other two structures being simultaneously constructed in the vicinity are to be demolished because they failed structural integrity tests. They will be pulled down through controlled demolition.
Also recommended to face administrative disciplinary panel are all government officials involved in granting approval to the developer in 2019.
The White Paper was prepared by the Lagos State government on the report submitted to it by the panel that probed the building collapse.
Twenty-six out of the 28 recommendations contained in the Report were accepted by the government.
The report which was submitted on January 5th, by the panel chairman Mr. Toyin Ayinde, who is a town planner, blamed the collapse on the erosion of professional ethics and disregard for due diligence.
The Lagos State government also added that the panel members during their investigations visited the project site for a general assessment; coordinated activities of the consultants who conducted tests on the site and reviewed documents from relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
They also conducted interviews; interrogated 91 persons; collected 21 memoranda and accessed the remaining buildings being developed by the late Osibona.
The tribunal also hosted a representation of the developer’s company comprising two legal firms
