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No Development Permits For 32 Lekki Gardens Sites by shaddoww: 6:24am On Apr 19, 2016 |
Thirty-two of the 34 active building sites in
Lagos being developed by Lekki Worldwide
Estate Limited have no development permits,
it was learnt yesterday.
Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited owns the
building under construction that collapsed in
Lekki on March 8, killing 35 people.
The company has 34 active building sites
spread across Lagos State in Eti-Osa, Ikeja
G.R.A, Ikoyi/Victoria Island and Banana
Island.
Preliminary investigations into the company’s
activities suggest that it was able to obtain
development permit for only two of the 34
sites.
An official, who pleaded not to be named
because he is not permitted to speak on the
matter, said the government’s investigations
have so far shown that most of the structures
were built with substandard materials and in
flagrant disregard of town planning laws and
regulations.
After the March incident, Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode fired some top officials of the State
Building Control Agency (LSBCA) for
negligence.
He also set up a committee to investigate the
building control and regulatory regime in the
state.
The source added that the state is determined
to pursue those behind “these acts that have
caused the loss of lives of innocent
Lagosians”.
He also indicated that the police are rounding
off investigations into the matter and will soon
send their report to the Directorate of Public
Prosecution (DPP) “for swift commencement
of prosecution”.
Last month, an Ebute Metta Chief
Magistrate’s Court granted the Managing
Director of Lekki Garden Homes, Robert
Nyong, bail on self-recognition, while Henry
Odofin, the contractor of the project, was
granted N10 million bail with two sureties.
Nyong, investigators discovered, is believed to
be fronting for a rich Southsouth politician,
who is a senator.
Investigations revealed a company that has
taken the art of flouting building controls and
regulations to an unacceptable level.
“Unknown to the public, the company may
have been cutting corners in the use of
materials of questionable quality and also
failing to obtain appropriate state development
permits.
“The question that has been asked is how this
relatively young company with its 34-year-old
billionaire-owner was able to get away with
such impunity,” the source said. thenationonlineng.net/no-development-permits-32-lekki-gardens-sites-2/ |
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