The Lagos State Government has announced that the two skyscrapers remaining after the November 1 building collapse on Gerrard road, Ikoyi will be demolished.

The state government, in a statement on Thursday, noted that the government said the two structures will be demolished because they failed structural integrity tests and will be pulled down through controlled demolition.

According to the statement,  the Developer of the collapsed property, Fourscore Heights Limited, will also be prosecuted due to the loss of lives recorded in the collapse.

The report which was submitted on January 5th, by the panel chairman Mr. Toyin Ayinde, who is a town planner, blamed the collapse on the erosion of professional ethics and disregard for due diligence.

Thelagostimes recalls that the 21-storey building which was located on Gerrard Road in Ikoyi collapsed on November 1, 2021.

The building was owned by Fourscore Heights Limited and trapped over 50 persons, including the firm’s Managing Director, Femi Osibona; his friend, a United States of America-based Nigerian businessman, Wale Bob-Oseni; his personal assistant, Oyinye Enekwe, and clients.

About 44 persons were said to have died as a result of the incident.