There was no casualty in the incident because the occupants vacated the building three years ago.

Olalekan Fatai, an eyewitness and local resident of the area, said in a chat with The Nation that the State Government had designated the building as well as a few others on the same street and surrounding streets for demolition.

He said: “The building collapsed at about 7pm. People were living there before, but its owner sent them out like three years ago.

“Apart from this building that just collapsed, there are other buildings too that were mapped out as distressed buildings around here, last year, by the state government. Some of these buildings marked are already demolished, while some are not.”

Another resident of the same street, simply identified as Mr. Abdul, blamed the government for not demolishing the building on time, as the delay could have resulted in death.

He said: “What if this building fell on someone or a nearby building while collapsing? Probably by now, we might be recording casualties.

“Government should be strict with demolishing all these distressed buildings. Once they notice a building is in a bad state, such a building should be demolished immediately to avoid recording death.”