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Details have emerged that the Lagos Island school building that collapsed Wednesday morning trapping over 150 people, mostly students, and leaving 18 dead was not demolished as owners continued to bribe officials of the Lagos state agency in-charge of the demolition.

Various reports indicate that the buidling had been marked for demolition since 2014 but the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) insists that it was marked only last year.

One of the residents around the tragic building located in Itafaaji area of Lagos Island, told newsmen , "The building has been marked for demolition, but the government officials always collect bribe from the owner which was the reason lasted till yesterday before it eventually caved in. The owners of such distressed buildings always boast that they have people in government they can bribe to overlook the proposed demolition of the buildings" one of the residents alleged.

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Mr. Kunle Awobodu, the 1st Vice President of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) said "Unless something urgent is done, we may be witnessing more building collapses, as over 1000 buildings in Lagos Island have been allegedly certified distressed."

While reacting to yesterday's incidence he explained that "From our findings, it was revealed over 1000 structures were distressed, we had also recommended that those structures should be earmarked for demolition in Lagos Island.

The immediate past President of Building Collapse Prevention Guild BCPG added, "We equally told the state government to carry out integrity test on more structures in the area, but due to lack of political will, nothing was done by the government", pointing out that the incessant building collapses being recorded in Lagos Island, is due to the peculiarity of the local developers who are not professionals.

Awobodu who confirmed that the five-storey building had been marked as distressed said Lagos Island has become a citadel of building collapse because of activities of quack developers.

Describing Lagos Island developers as more or less businessmen, Awobodu, said what the developers do is to deceive Lagos Island landlords to surrender their old buildings to them for redevelopment and at the end of the day, they end up developing shoddy structures.

He said "We talked to them to see reasons to desist from developing shoddy structures in the area. They promised to do the right thing, but unfortunately, we are hearing of building collapse everyday.

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Awobodu said the way forward is for the state government to quickly set up a special task force to see that developers desist from converting building for purposes other than for which it was built, ensure buildings pass various integrity tests and quickly take down any structure identified as distressed.

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Ahhhhh..when will this nation be delivered from bribery and corruption