There was panic among residents of the Odo-Kekere Community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State following a building collapse in a local public school.
The incident, which occurred on Thursday evening after school hours, sent fear into residents in nearby buildings who were jolted by a thunderous sound.
Lagos State Government, Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools (SCRPS), while confirming the collapse, said the affected building was a classroom block in a bungalow.
It, however, stated that no casualty was recorded at the building collapse.
All of our students are in perfect condition. The state government regrets the unfortunate incident, it revealed in a statement on Friday.
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The agency said that classified information reveals that the classroom block had already been marked for demolition to construct a befitting classroom.
It also disclosed that the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the immediate relocation of the pupils to nearby schools.
However, a classified information from the SCRPS office reveals that the classroom block had already been marked for demolition in order to construct a befitting classroom edifice that will accommodate the huge population of students in the school.
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has also ordered immediate relocation of the pupils to nearby schools, so as not to disrupt their academic activities.
A team of the officials of SCRPS will be visiting the school today to have an on-the-spot assessment of the incident in order to enable the government to work out modalities to begin immediate construction of an ultra-modern classroom block that will accommodate the huge population in the school, it added.
