On the 1st of November 2021 at exactly 2:44 pm, Lagos was shaken to its foundation as the news of an ill-fated 15-storey building under construction in Gerald road Ikoyi Lagos collapsed and killed over 40 people inside it while some survived. It was a day of mourning in Lagos as the news spread like wildfire across the country. It took days before some bodies were recovered due to the proactive nature of Lagos state and some private firms that donated bulldozers and life detectors.
The construction firm currently carrying out the construction was owned by Femi Osibona, a British Born Businessman who was also in the building at the time of the incident and also lost his life including that of his bosom friend Wale Bob Oseni. It was a tragic ending for Femi who is a well-known socialite, philanthropist and construction giant who has graced the skyline of Lagos, South Africa and the United Kingdom with the very best of magnificent homes.
The whole of Nigeria was thrown into a frenzy mood as friends, family and associates and business partners cried over his untimely demise. Those close to Femi averred that he had lofty plans for the construction as he was hell-bent on giving the best finicky finishing to the collapsed apartment. It was an emotional moment as his remains were buried where his immediate family came into the country from London to witness the burial of the late property giant. After the collapse and demise of the deceased head Honcho of Fourscore Heights Limited, Lagos State had disclosed that the other building beside the collapsed one failed the integrity test and will be demolished and the land would be forfeited to the State Government but Justice Adewunmi Oshin of the Lagos High Court had stopped the Lagos State Government from taking over and demolishing the two remaining high-rise buildings constructed by Fourscore Heights Limited in Ikoyi. The judge also ordered all parties in the suit to maintain the status quo pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by 15 subscribers in the high-rise buildings. On Tuesday the 1st of November in commemoration of the one-year remembrance of Femi’s demise, friends family and associates took to their social media platform to remember and celebrate the deceased as they also pray for him to find eternal rest in the bosom of his creator.
