[WATCH] Body Of Owner Of Collapsed Ikoyi 21-storey Building, Femi Osibona Recovered From Debris 

No building collapse is UNAVOIDABLE. There are building codes, engineering codes which states the minimum strength of materials to be used in construction. The structural engineer/civil engineer should be arrested if they even employed any

Going through a fight right now when my neighbors decided to building the supporting wall of their building on top of my fence surrounding the compound of my bungalow in Badagry. We have had to reinforce a large part of the fence which had collapsed due to severe water lodge and this was when it was discovered that my neighbors had decided to build a massive thick supporting walls on a large section of my fence even though it is clear that the bottom fence is much weaker than the load it is now carrying! If I do not have the supporting wall demolished, there is a possibility that the entire construction will collapse one day and if this should happen, it could lead to the loss of lives! There are children in the bungalow and the neighbors that did this also use their yet to be completed building as a school! The sad thing is, they are resentful that they have been caught and the authority is now involved. They are also saying that God is on their side etc. I am having the demolition done entirely at my own expense because I simply cannot risk hurting innocent lives. What has Nigeria become when we find it so difficult to do justice even in the simplest of situations?

Am not a Nigerian, but I followed Nigeria news, you love money not people. How can a rescue team go on break for 5 hours, 21 storey building inside a town to do what, when only 15 was approved. Please giant of Africa behave yourself, stop disgracing Africa. Place some value in human beings. Lives.

Like God himself gave His judgment. I only felt bad for the innocent ones who died. May their souls find peace.

Maybe we waste too much energy blaming Femi Osibona. Let's do something about this rampant greed for money among Nigerians! Greed fuels corruption.

Why is this guy saying the collapsed building at Ikoyi is largely unavoidable. I believe he means largely avoidable as seen in the content of the broadcast.

Persons responsible for conducting sites inspections should be held accountable and prosecuted, if we need to arrest buildings collapse to zero occurrence in our country.

Not safe to build and live in high rise buildings in Lagos because of the landscapes.

Accountability is the word.Nobody is ever held accountable for anything in Nigeria.

So pity to those that died but let it be an eye opener to those alive, now imagine if people have parked in to the building

What do these men mean by "unavoidable deaths"? The right statement should be "avoidable deaths".

Cutting corners is our problem in this country. Other countries build more than this number of floors and it stands. What are they doing right that we can’t do?

It's increasingly looking unlikely that Nigeria can be fixed. Only the whims and caprices of people in power determine the implementation of everything

Where the govt officials responsible for approval of buildings, they should be brought to book.

This guy should stop saying corona, its coroner... and they only check bodies not building stuctures

You are a corrupt nations You don’t give the work to qualify engineer Most of your engineer has god father in the government. Qualification got by money they will produce nothing This is what is happened in Nigeria government. Rubbers love money more than human life.

Avoidable/unavoidable death?: We need to improve the quality of our analysts.

Thank God this building came down at that point in time, avoidable though. If the would-be owners had taken possession and moved in, the catastrophe would have wrecked this nation. No matter how bad we feel now, we're still better off, with this than later. May the soul of the departed rest. From the interview granted by the late Osibona, he believed nigeria is a place, where experimentation is possible. He also mentioned that he was more experienced so much that no expert could toss him round any more, I presumed due to that his so called experience in building, he took a lot of expert advice with levity. Once again we need to learn from his deadly mistakes.

Those 2 other buildings next to the Collapsed Building should be looked into too. It is going to go down too.

The construction should have had deeper and stronger pilling work if the owner intended to exceed the number of floors authorized. Furthermore the Lagos State building department should have stopped the construction. when it's exceeded the authorized floors. Some palms were greased to overlook this oversight. It's shocking the owner went down with his building. God is great.

Largely "avoidable" bá?

Mr Babajide - Grammar all along, APC Has been in power 22 years now. Why did they not jail anyone under their tenure. Dismissing people is not enough. Until we understand the value of a single life there will be no progress. Besides Nigeria need to move to a secure home style where developers who are certified are the ones can and only them build

This is great loss to Nigeria

Nigeria a country of anything goes!

I kept hearing "Largely unavoidable". Did you actually mean that? I think Largely avoidable is the word to use. The deaths were largely avoidable.

May their souls rest in peace

This tragedy is unnatural. This is man-made. Those indicted in this calamity, whether dead or living , must be prosecuted and punished. The victims(dead or alive) must be compensated financially. If necessary, the property and financial assets of those responsible should be used to compensate the victims (dead or alive). There should be no 'LEFAM' FOR GOD! God is not responsible for this.

No surprise here….it’s a culmination of greed, shortcuts and lack of accountability.

It's avoidable and not unavoidable illits

This guy on the left side of the table does not know what he's talking about. He simply rambled back and forth with no sense of any intellectual trajectory. He should not be allowed back on this show again. He wasted my time and that to other intellectual listeners of this show. I'm still trying to figure what he was trying to talk about or spin in the light of the mounting evidence of this Nigerian engineering failure.👎

Deceased families should sue the government for failing to close down that building site and allowing the developer to continue building shoddy buildings. May their souls rest in peace those who sadly lost their lives

It's so so sad 😭 May the souls of the departed find rest!

the developer's estate and company, the engineers and inspectors should all be sued and families of lost ones should be compensated. the other buildings still standing should be brought down.That is the only way to justice, that if it still exist in nigeria.

The urban and regional department of Lagos state local government should vet all building projects before commencement utilizing geologist, land surveyors, and civil engineers. No cutting corners!

No cement no iron. Fake people everywhere

Jide nailed it all

The remaining two blocks should be knocked down. It is obvious this man and his contractor both unapproved and unsupervised had abused building standards and recommendations. From the pictures and videos I have seen on the collapse block both the rebars (the steel bars) used in the construction and the masonry are below normal specification of these types of project. The grade and diameter of rebars can clearly be seen to be inadequate to what should had been applied. The form of concrete debris after collapse also showed poor judgement on concrete mix.

We play with everything, it's a pity that we do not value life, instead they are finding grazing routes for cow's.

Ohhhhh Nigeria, smh. When I think about the fact that I lived here as a child I realize that it’s only by the grace of God that I survived that country. The way the host presented the slew of incidents of similar nature and the notion that nothing has been done to ensure this doesn’t happen again means it will continue to happen. That is unacceptable. This is not sustainable.

It's only in Nigeria that the engineers responsible for this project will not go to jail. I will still say it time and time again,naija is a banana island. You try this in SA your engineering licence is gone, the company will pay millions of compensation for lives of people lost, all the experts involved in the project will stand trial in the court and when found guilty serve jail time. Hence, here the experts no and don't cut corners because if they do and accident happened they know they will be caught and lose everything as well as going to prison. Naija na real fucked up place with no laws.

Justice is the back -bone of all developed nations. So, is Nigeria ready?.UK.

This is Nigeria & like u said nothing will happen

I’m sorry but are you saying avoidable or unavoidable? You all keep jumping between the two and it’s embarrassing

Did this editor go to school at all? Writing English words in his local vernacular

It is not a question of answering a landlord, developer, or the owner of a building. The (Staying Power) of a house, bridge, skyscraper, shopping complex, stadium sitters, hotels, schools, indoor sports hall, residential building, whatever kind of building is the (Foundation, well trained civil engineers and architects, quality of materials used in the construction of the building). The foundation of a building determines how many stories must be erected, and not imaginary engineering concept. This is what the Lagos State government and the Nigerian government in general must look into to avoid such incident from occurring in the future because innocent people have lost their lives.

I was almost asking where Jide was.

Greed greed , l want to make money. Many more properties are still not safe . The owner talks more about money than the love of other human beings . We put God on top to seal our atrocities. We are all greedy.

Corruption on steroids

Does this presenter understand English at all largely Unavoidable even the person that uploaded the video. Life have gone and you are saying Unavoidable Terrible!!, Terrible!!!. Presenters should go for more training this show how our sector is working and the level of comatose they are in. Unavoidable indeed!!!!!!

The problem is not really from the owner but the system, government and authorities. Most people dont know the criminal stuff that happen during building inspection even in abuja. Sometimes they just call you and ask you for 100k without even looking at the structure or floor works at the site. Give them the cash and they are gone. Dont give them and see what they will do to you even if you have the best structural compliance. Na naija we the

Largely unavoidable really? Rip English language

The government is responsible period

Where did this order come from?

Largely unavoidable⁉️ That means it was meant to happen. Why was it not largely avoidable? Meaning if there are rules of construction 🏗 and they are correctly applied, it makes this scenario largely avoidable. Unless earthquake happens right? Either way, accountability is the key word here, also the government failed to regulated houses being constructed. Housing is a regulated industry therefore not everyone can just put a brick 🧱 on top of another....

Nigeria is gone, not a functioning country, what a shame, for a once promising nation, according to literature icon china Achebe , Things fall apart, NIGERIA HAS FALLEN APART & NO LONGER@Ease , pls don't call Tinubu's name, he is part of Nigeria's problem, the corrupt agency is following his foot steps-olei ppl

Please please and please is not up too 21 storey building

Sad but avoidable

You mean 'largely avoidable'?

Watch what? Body or Click bait

All talks now don't bring back the dead, let's follow the rules for the future.

Why has Nigeria president never visited the scene up till now.

God please let all the houses of politicians in Nigeria collapse but please excape the innocent people from it.

Its a pity...The untouchables in Nigeria is something else. I remember when synagogue church fell and scores were killed..yet they covered up everything and TB joshsua went scotch free after greasing hands and using his power and money amid allegations! nobody paid for it! A few months ago a young lady Chidinmaby name killed a man and they were petting chidinma keeping her in a place where she was taken care of bcos she is a fine woman and they believe she cannot kill bcos she is fine and she is young... and today it is obvious that Mr Usifo died in vain!, the other time killer and kidnapper Evans the kidnapper killed , kidnapped and maimed people and of cos he is free!...a country of malpractices! obviously from stories, there were shortcuts in the building construction. Hmmm imagine if families have moved into these homes...imagine the tragedy. IMagine innocent workers....etc they brought there that morning to work in a bus... RIP to the dead and meanwhile the 2 outstanding buildings should be brought down bcos obviously the standards are not meant

Coroner... not Corona. I can't help but mention it.

The crash was caused by MNK from prison. Waiting for malami and lai to comment

Really sad

Where is oba of Lagos .this disaster happen on his land.

As you speak, a high rise in osokpa London has come down as well, what has Nigeria to say.

Unavoidable? Or Avoidable you mean?

Authorities don't these things to stop. Let them enjoy what they want, it's a sweet thing for them. We ordinary people can go to hell with the pain of these avoidable events. It's a big shame!

The problem is not owner but the system, and then the case is individual. Consider the following; 1. Government agency and monitoring. 2. The engineering and construction and soul texture. 3. Construction materials. Management of all these processes would save lives. In Dubai, sky scrapers are built without failure so why ours. In the case of synagogue church of all nation, there must have been a serious sabotage.

I really like this presenter,

Something must be done....a big underline to that

Must everybody lives in ikoyi, why cant he com to ogun state to build estates dia,ikoyi is d heart of lagos, now so many lives was wasted,

I pray that there'll be no EARTHQUAKE in that country. Urum ga ekpu!

May he RIP

If you don't have anything to say just keep quiet, and say you don't know, it's called wisdom, or just speak your dialect if English is hard. You guys sound corrupt yourselves!!

Untouchable cultural mmmmm africa I pitty my mother land

Did I hear right ✅ 🤔 😳 "largely unavoidable" ????? #$%

for me these who comment there, do not give a damn for people who have lost their lives. pity that people's lives are worth nothing in Africa is sad

Femi Osibona was used as a front, VP Osinbajo, Tunibu and that lunatic Sanwo-ibu are all in this mess, just look at them running helter-sketer. You ain't seen nothing yet, Lagosians and Nigerians in general.

All this is a Joke, the discussion itself is Burgos

This one is using style to advertise his pay master.

I think in Scoan incidence I knew they went to the corona and when the coroner were not truthful brought their verdict to a hault.

Any structure that any developer/ owner is constructing in a wrong way/ with wrong materials but knows that the structure can crumble later and kill all the people to live there, may that structure crumble on that owner/developer before he/she gives it out/ sells it for people to live in. Imagine lot of people dieing and the UNTOUCHABLE owner didn't die, govt would have swept it under the carpet. But history said this has to change

Underline unavoidable nonsense because hes yoruba

That second man is talking rubbish

Just bitten around the Bush say it greed

Good talking 👄

Is a country success seen in personal property why poor people are living under the bridge. Stop talking rubbish is your love one died in this incident you wouldn't be talking like thT.

The continues abuse or disobedience of the building laws or code by especially d elites is a major remote course of colaps building.

Medicine after death.

Tinubu and his party are the creator of untouchables,agbero,omoile, always(area boys). Jide is always playing his tribalism sentiment.

Your governor sanwo iku we soon give you fake numbers of the people that died now the LASMA is giving 40coups why the Nigeria red cross is giving 32cuops same less peoples

Investigations are done each time there is a collapse but because we lack a standard enforcement authority of law in action in the Building Industry, those culpable are left unpunished. The solution remains same to sign and pass the National Building code (NBC 2006) into Law. The Professionals are left with no stringent law to guide who does what exactly..and even quacks are all comers in contract execution of Building in Nigeria. Bldr. Dapia Zumshak. Registered Builder.

I washed a video where white people were talking about population reductions and that ra going to start from Africa

Journalist hangout is a useless program, just imagine these useless journalists saying we should follow the rules but query the security agents for obtaining a search warrant to search the premises of Mary Odili, who does have an immunity

This building is own by a politician ... The man who died for sure isn't the real owner

Talk no action!

Nnamdi kanu was to blame over the invaders on Oba's palace during endsars protest maybe he is the one that caused the collapse of this lagos building we are waiting for Age or lai Mohammed press conference in regards to this incident may the souls of all that lost their lives rest in peace.