Collapsed building: Lekki Gardens boss,5 others charged with manslaughter

The Lagos State Government has filed criminal charges against the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Limited, Richard Nyong, and five others, for the collapse of a five-storeyed building under construction.
 No fewer than 35 persons died in March 2015 when the building collapsed on Kushenla Road, in the Ikate Elegushi area of the state.
A statement on Monday by the state government  read in part,

 “Apart from Lekki Gardens Estate Ltd., GT Rich Ltd., HC Insight Solutions Ltd., others charged along with Nyong are Taiwo Odofin, Omolabake Mortune, Maruis Agwu, Sola Olumofe and Omotilewa Joseph.
“The defendants are facing six counts of failure to obtain approval for the collapsed building and manslaughter contrary to Section 75 of the Urban and Regional Planning and Development, Law of Lagos State.”