NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS ( NSCDC
THE ZONAL COMMANDER NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (NSCDC) ZONE A LAGOS ASSISTANT COMMANDANT - GENERAL (ACG) AND THE COMMANDANT LAGOS STATE COMMAND COMMENCES ON A SEARCH RESCUE AND OPERATIONAL VISIT TO THE COLLAPSED 21 - STOREY BUILDING AT GERRARD ROAD IKOYI LAGOS.
On behalf of the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (CG) Ahmed Abubakar Audi Phd, mni, the ACG Zone A Lagos, commiserates with the Governor and government of Lagos State and the families of the victims of the Ikoyi building collapse.
He as well assures the good people of Lagos State of the continuous, proactive, timely and speedy response of the Corps towards managing disaster issues in the state.
Consequent upon the directive of the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (CG) Ahmed Abubakar Audi, Phd, mni, the Zonal Commander, Zone A Lagos, Assistant Commandant - General (ACG) Olasupo Adebayo Solomon, Phd, MCIA, immediately, today, Wednesday, 3rd November, 2021, embarked on a search, rescue and operational visit, to the Gerrard road 21 - storey building collapse at Ikoyi Lagos, which occurred on Monday, 1st November, 2021.
The ACG was also joined on the rescue cum operational visit by the Commandant (CC), Lagos State Command, Commandant Eweka Douglas Okoro and the Deputy Commandant in - charge - of Crisis Management Department in the Command, Deputy Commandant Daniel Apeh, amidst other senior officers and men from the Lagos Zonal Headquarters and the state Command Headquarters.
It is also very vehemently germaine, to state that prior to today's rescue and operational visit by the ACG and the Commandant, the Commandant, NSCDC, Lagos State Command, (CC) Eweka Okoro had urgently, earlier, directed the Head of Disaster Unit in the Command, Deputy Commandant Adefila James to deploy a wholesome number of personnel, to ensure there are no indiscriminate movements, especially, by hoodlums or criminal elements at the scene and to commence rescue operation and management, in collaboration with other security agencies and relevant disaster management stakeholders in the state.
The personnel of the NSCDC Lagos State Command arrived at the scene at about ten (10) minutes, immediately, after the incident occurred. The speedy and timely response of the Command's personnel was made possible to the scene as a result of the deployment of the personnel of proximable Divisional Offices to the construction site.
The personnel of the Command drafted to the Gerrard road building collapse scene were drawn from the Lagos State Command Headquarters, led by the Disaster management unit and other neighbouring Divisional Headquarters close to the scene, in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The Commandant also directed the personnel of the NSCDC Lagos State Command posted to the scene to keep vigilance on the search and rescue operation currently going on there and afterwards. Also they have also been charged to ensure they put on their eagle eyes, focussed towards the protection of critical national assets and infrastructure of the Federal, State and Local Government, in the Ikoyi area of the state, where the incident occurred.
Finally, on behalf of the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (CG) Ahmed Abubakar Audi Phd, mni, the ACG Zone A Lagos, commiserates with the Governor, His Excellency, Mr Babajide Sanwo - Olu and Government of Lagos State and the families and friends of the victims of the Gerrard road, Ikoyi, 21 - storey, high rise building collapse.
He as well assures the good people of Lagos State of the continuous, proactive, timely and speedy response of the Corps towards managing disaster issues in the state. He also prays such disaster will no longer re-occur in the state.
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