‘God instructed me to relocate to Nigeria, develop real estate’ — owner of collapsed Ikoyi building, Femi Osibona, talks about life’s journey [VIDEO]
The chief executive officer of FourScore Heights Limited, Femi Osibona, said God instructed him to move to Nigeria.
Osibona, in an interview TVC Business published on August 6, highlighted his journey from Nigeria to Europe and South Africa and how God told him to relocate to Nigeria in 2008.
According to the interview, Osibona is the first African to build a seven-storey building in the United Kingdom.
On Monday, a FourScore Heights Limited’s property located in Ikoyi, Lagos, collapsed with many, including Osibona and his aides, reportedly trapped in the building.
Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) general manager, Gbolahan Oki, told reporters at the scene of the tragedy that the contractor was given the approval to construct only 15 floors but went ahead to add more.
“He got approval for a 15-storey building and he exceeded his limit. I am on the ground here and the materials he used are so inferior and terrible.
“The materials he used, the reinforcement, are so terrible. He got approval for 15 floors but built 21,” Oki told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The Managing Director, Prowess Engineering Limited, Muritala Olawale, in a letter to Osibona on February 20, 2020, warned Osibona that the building was problematic.
The consulting agency, according to the letter, pulled out of the project after his warning apparently fell on deaf ears.
