Court Stops LASG From Taking Over Collapsed Ikoyi Building

Justice Adewunmi Oshin of the Lagos High Court has restrained the Lagos State government from taking over and demolishing the two remaining high-rise buildings by Fourscore Heights Limited.

Recall on November 1, 2021, a 21-storey high-rise building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State collapsed killing 46 persons while 15 persons were rescued alive.

Ruling on an ex-parte application brought by 15 subscribers of the building, the judge ordered all parties in the suit to maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

He also ordered the applicants to serve the court processes on all the defendants in the suit. He then adjourned the matter to September 29 for the hearing of the substantive matter.