Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was at the site of the collapsed building in Ikoyi on Wednesday, where rescue operations are still ongoing.

“This is an event that could be described clearly as a national disaster. Mistakes were made from all angles,” the governor said, adding that such an event “really should not be happening in a modern-day city like Lagos.”

He extended his condolences to those who had lost loved ones in the crash and said a panel of inquiry had been set up to determine the cause and punish those found culpable.

The governor has already suspended, indefinitely, the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki.

He also named the survivors of the crash and suggested the building’s developer may also have been trapped in the rubble. One of the survivors narrates how he escaped the crash 

The death toll from the incident rose to 21 on Wednesday.

Authorities say they can still hear sounds from people trapped beneath the rubble.

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