•People at the site of collapsed Papa Ajao mosque
LAGOS – The collapse of the mosque in the Papa Ajao area of Mushin, Lagos, on Sunday afternoon, where many people were feared killed, has been blamed on the carelessness of an excavator operator.
No fewer than ten people have also been confirmed to have been trapped under the rubble of the collapsed mosque
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA ) in a short statement on Sunday said that the operator of the excavator operator mistakenly hit the one-storey building mosque.
LASEMA in a statement by its Permanent Secretary said, “Upon arrival at the scene at 01:40 pm, a storey building was found to have collapsed.
“Preliminary investigation carried out upon arrival at the scene revealed that an excavator clearing the road recklessly hit a mosque (a storey building) by the roadside which resulted to the mosque collapsing as prayer was about to commence.”
The agency added that “4 (four) victims were immediately rushed to the hospital. A total of 10 people were trapped beneath the rubble.” (Nigerian Tribune)
