By Jamilu Hamza 

A three storey-building under construction on Sunday collapsed at the Apapa area of Lagos State.

The building located at 45, Ladipo Oluwo Street, GRA Apapa, was said to have partially caved in as a result of thunderstorm.

Reports have it that there was heavy rainfall with storms across Lagos State Sunday afternoon which also led to flash floods.

This incident occurred barely a week after a seven storey-building under construction collapsed at Banana Island, killing one person with several others injured.

Although no casualty was recorded as a result of the incident, the state government has sealed the property over alleged non compliance to the provisional approval granted it.

Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, Mukaila Sanusi, in a statement Sunday evening said the developers broke government’s seal that mandated a stop work on the property.

Sanusi said the property was sealed because the provisional approval was given for two floors but the developer constructed three floors.

He said preliminary inquiries indicated that LABSCA officials issued a number of contravention notices, stop work and seal up  orders which the developer ignored and carried on construction without any recourse, whatsoever, to the authorities.

“There has been no report of any casualty, while the site has been cordoned off and taken over by LASBCA.