Lagos State Govt. Starts Lekki Gardens Buildings Structural Stability Test

Lagos State Government, Thursday, commenced Structural Stability Test on existing structures in Lekki Gardens in Eti-Osa Local Government, to ascertain the strength of the buildings

This came nine days after a five-storey building under construction caved in, killing 34 persons and injuring 13 others.

Vanguard reports that officials of the Lagos state Material Testing Laboratory, LSMTL, were sighted conducting test on the buildings.

Speaking to newsmen  at the scene of the collapsed building, Mr. Rasheed Balogun, an engineer and Acting General Manager of LSMTL, said that the agency has commenced the test to avert another building collapse in the state.

Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, had on Tuesday directed that test be conducted on the structures and that the result will determine the fate of the structures. Balogun explained that some of the test conducted were on the Structures Wire Pile test, Coring  test, Non Destructive test, Pundit test and Soil test on the structures.

It was however, gathered that the residents have complied with the directive of the state government to vacate the building until the completion of the tests. It was learned that Police officers from the Eti-Osa division and Rapid Response Squad, RRS, operatives, were at the entrance of the sealed building to ensure no one had access to the buildings. Sources said that additional private security officers have been deployed to the Lekki Garden Worldwide, owners of the structures to maintain strict adherence to the no entrance order especially for non-occupants.