Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has called on the government to strengthen existing construction regulations.

Baba, while speaking on Tuesday when he visited the site where a 21-storey building collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos, described the incident as unfortunate

The IGP said: “It is a major incident, an unfortunate incident that has happened. There is a rescue operation that is going on. Police and other agencies are part of the rescue operations, particularly in controlling the crowd, and I am here to sympathise with all that are involved and also to encourage those who are carrying out rescue operations to go about it professionally while providing adequate security,”

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“I think we need to strengthen regulations that are necessary when constructions of such nature are taking place. Not that we don’t have it, we just need to strengthen them — regulations, including what needs to be done and who is supposed to take charge of leading such operations.”