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Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by iwaeda(op): 4:55pm On Sep 17, 2025

https://x.com/TonyOElumelu/status/1968331128554869142

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by SmartPolician: 5:20pm On Sep 17, 2025

How can a grown man or woman watch fire kill him or did he try to jump and die in the process?

Any ways, RIP to the dead and the good Lord console the bereaved, amen.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by Orlandoo(m): 6:14pm On Sep 17, 2025

Don't mock the dead because you were not there and so don't know how it happened.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by assetnestrealty: 6:53pm On Sep 17, 2025

We truly console those,who are affected by the outbreak of the fire.

And,a honest, apologies,or, consolation,to the lost of,friends, family,and staffs,to those affected by this fire outbreak.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by mank1234(m): 7:00pm On Sep 17, 2025

Hmmm. You're uninformed because you don't read or misinformed because you read.

In such disaster, smoke kills, not necessarily fire. Not everyone know they are suppose to crawl and not walk. Sometimes fear can make one take wrong decision.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by iwaeda(op): 8:59pm On Sep 17, 2025

May the Lord comfort everyone involved and their families. Real tragedy Nlfpmod. cry

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by lolaluv1(f): 9:23pm On Sep 17, 2025

What have they learned from this incident?
Or is it business as usual?

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by JuanDeDios: 9:23pm On Sep 17, 2025

Grown people die in fire all the time. Once you're surrounded by smoke, it sucks out the oxygen and you're dead.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by Chachalogo(m): 9:23pm On Sep 17, 2025

This is indeed tragic.
May their souls find eternal rest 🙏

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by mightyhazel: 9:24pm On Sep 17, 2025

thick dark plumes of smoke can suffocate u faster than murder by asphyxiation

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by MUTERIKA(m): 9:25pm On Sep 17, 2025

Hoping it is not business as usual. I trust the Chairman would learn and pass down same

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by jaxxy(m): 9:29pm On Sep 17, 2025*

Can u jump from a 6 storey building? I can only blame Eko fire service department cos lagos island is too major and strategically positioned not to have a dedicated fire service and also UBA emergency services. Their HQ was nearby and should have mid fire fighting and rescue unit. They should have had ladders.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by CorrectionFLuid: 9:31pm On Sep 17, 2025

So this comment really came from a sane person. Smh

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by sonssyo(f): 9:34pm On Sep 17, 2025

The banking industry with such structure should look for a way and get fire service of their own since all the headquarters are in same direction,pool funds and pay them incase of scenarios like this,also emergency exit doors must be put in place to enable easy access in case of emergency.
May God rest the souls of the affected staff cry

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by ppogba: 9:43pm On Sep 17, 2025

Please when are you going to change the smart in your moniker to the appropriate word?

It is long overdue

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by OAKSFIVEFARMS: 9:45pm On Sep 17, 2025

His moniker even suggests that he is smart. Character.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by Rebuke: 9:49pm On Sep 17, 2025

Gosh, I am sure it's that particular man that jumped and hit his head on the wall yesterday.

The way he landed, landing backward and hitting his head; People were already shouting he was dead before he was later carried, I am not sure if they even took him straight to the hospital yesterday.....

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by ppogba: 9:49pm On Sep 17, 2025

Exactly what I told my wife a few minutes ago. I know at least five banks in that axis that have their HQ there. Does it even mean each of them does not have a fire fighting truck not to even talk of pulling resources together .

A fire outbrake in a six storeyed building and there are casualties like that. What happens if it were to to UBA House or FBNH HQ?

Indeed, human life is valueless in Nigeria.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by ppogba: 9:52pm On Sep 17, 2025

The casualties are many. Some died from suffocation. I just received a call from a friend whose pastor died in the incident. Quite a number of people were even taken to the hospital dead.

NOT ONE PERSON AT ALL.

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by larryeffizy1(m): 9:53pm On Sep 17, 2025

It's so sad news... I lost someone so dear to me in the fire incident. May we never have such experience...

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by Rebuke: 9:55pm On Sep 17, 2025

Painful! Imagine someone leaving their home in the morning, very safe and healthy, only to be sent to the other side of life while at work.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by shogotermies(m): 10:03pm On Sep 17, 2025

most time, the smoke during fire incident kills people than the fire it self.

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by shogotermies(m): 10:05pm On Sep 17, 2025

The Lagos emergency response team, has to really up their game in the Lagos island Lga.
They need a lot of things in place, cause this Place is very prone to fire incident

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by Mrexcell(m): 10:15pm On Sep 17, 2025

Chaii the casualties wasn't supposed to be high if those responsible for safety were proactive and effective in their duties how can they just allow bank workers to perish miserable like that in an incident that happened during daylight?

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by flokii: 10:15pm On Sep 17, 2025

So no fire escape measures in that big building?.. That's so unfair o Mr Elumelu.

How will those depending on the dead cope going forward?.. We need better work culture, safe work environment and strong labour laws in this country.

Those deaths were avoidable had it been there were proper fire safety systems in place.

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by omooba05: 10:18pm On Sep 17, 2025

Bros get sense or die trying..e get reason o. No dey snooze o

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by femi4: 10:20pm On Sep 17, 2025

smoke n panic attacks na your mate...never pray to be in their shoes

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by Starz825(m): 10:20pm On Sep 17, 2025

I say for naija...you are on your own ..no be jokes ...look around..no one gat you but God and yourself bro

Stay safe and rip to the ones who signed out

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by SmartPolician: 10:23pm On Sep 17, 2025

Tell your pàpa to come change am for me na because it's long overdue

Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by Tohsynetita1(m): 10:23pm On Sep 17, 2025*

As big as that building is, common fire gadgets, they didn’t have.
Emergency exit, probably it’s not built there.
A lot of “I don’t care” is too much in Nigeria settings.
What will take the so tall building to erect a meltalic permanent ladder like 3 places in the building?
So, many avoidable death is too much in Nigeria.

Another question, what causes fire?
Hope others will learn ?
But average Nigerian won’t learn, if you ask them about their fire security system for their business,
they will either say “God forbid and rebook you” or say “ Do you want to burn it?”

I asked a man that sell plastic sometimes ago, if he has fire extinguishers . He said I dey wish him bad.
Extinguishers of ordinary 15k, and you sell plastic, a man sell foam beside you and non has it.
Imagine, you have goods worth of millions of naira and you can’t buy something of 15k to secure your business?
It’s well

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Re: Tony Elumelu Confirmed The Death Of Colleagues In The Fire At Afriland Towers. by MiracleMe7: 10:55pm On Sep 17, 2025

Wucked CEO/MD's the money Tony Elumelu spends on his Christmas white party in his residence every year is enough to buy four stationery fire-fighting trucks and equipment. Misplace priority. These individuals don't care; all they care about is their profit and increasing it further. Lives would have been saved if these facilities were on the ground. RIP to the deads

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