Richard
Nyong, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lekki Gardens,
owners of the collapsed building on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki, is
now in the custody of Panti Police Station in Lagos.
Lagos Police Public
Relations Officer, Mrs. Dolapo Badmos, on Thursday said Nyong will be charged
to court once investigations were completed.
Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode had ordered all Directors of Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited to submit
themselves to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, within
24 hours or face arrest.
Nyong, it was
gathered, reported himself to the office of the Commissioner of Police in
company of his lawyer, Mr. Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and was detained after
interrogation.
The number of deaths
rose to 34 late Wednesday as rescue operation ended. Thirteen people were
rescued alive.
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