...Orders occupants to vacate

THE Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, yesterday, said it would embark on a controlled demolition of Onigbongbo Police Barracks in Ikeja, following the discovery of high distress conditions of the buildings.

The marked building and other affected structures are located inside Onigbogbo, Lagos Old Block 3, MOPOL 20 Police Barracks, Ikeja GRA, behind Area F.

Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, announced this after an on-the-spot assessment of the marked building.

Oke-Osanyintolu said: "The agency dispatched a response team to the location and the findings indicate that the building and those adjacent must be evacuated with immediate effect.

"We are conducting a response plan which comprises of assessment, safe and orderly evacuation and controlled demolition.

"Under the watchful eye of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration, we will be carrying out this preemptive demolition action due to the precarious conditions of the building and possible secondary incidents that could occur if left unmanaged.

"Remain calm and refrain from panicking or circulating misleading information via social media."