[FLASHBACK] Moment Owner Of The 21 Storey Building That Collapsed In Lagos Featured On TVC News
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- Watch the Managing Director/CEO of Fourscore Homes, Olufemi Osibona speaks on the challenges and prospects of the real estate sector in Nigeria amidst issues of surging rents, housing deficits, and over-regulation.
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All those properties he mentioned should be mapped out for structural checks.
Exactly...
I can bet London are already cross-checking the ones there. But Nigeria? I don't know!!
They should be mapped out for demolition
@@chinonsoojoechem1462 Don't worry about the uk properties cos the contractors would not try it especially when its illegal...
Absolutely 💯, that I doubt, especially in a visibly corrupt system like this
Face of greed. @6:30 Council made a mistake , but he still took advantage of them to build the extra flat. @17:17 he said he does not listen to Nigerian Structural engineers because they have just book knowledge and no practical knowledge. No wonder the Structural Engineering team quit. In saner society the governor would have resigned , because its his job to make sure things like this don't happen. . Mentions "god" so many times. which is the problem in Nigeria. So many "religious" people without ethics
another thing he said that seems a red flag was when he said he was advice to a generator of 1500 kv something and he got 800 instead and the building is using 500... that tells me compromise... and that could only happen in nigeria.
I wouldn't consider the generator issue as him wanting to cut corners. For all intents and purposes, if the facility needed the 1500kVA, he'd eventually buy it.
But he realised they didn't even need up half of that for the work. It's about being prudent here
Couldn’t agree with you more
@@davidobembe5302 Ijebu this is what happens when you are too much conservative and prudent
@@omosehin79 qqq
Four things I learnt 1. Be inspired to do things 2.Wealth follow value creation 3.Associate with people than can inspire you 4. Lookout for opportunities anywhere you go. The other lessons. 1. Avoid greed when making money 2. Don't sideline the expert because you have done it before , no two projects are the same . 3. Above all , watch your back when you are extremely successful
Smart
I am terribly short of words....this is a great lesson for us all. This is obviously the effect of corruption, greed and bad government...
DON'T BLAMED the Government for the Building collapse
@@ananmai8700 . Why not please! The bribed govt. officials are part of the bad game. How did the sealed site get reopened?
@@hopealivewithevang.olubunm2287 I Value YOU ONLY become you is a Woman, Sista, We all KNEW how global governments does conducts themselves, NOW The Pastor, According to Him on TV Business Nigeria, I Quote, He said, he is a "Honest" Man, If ANY one is Honest, WHY he brought Cheap Materials????? Since SEE it for the Very First Time Day 1, I KNEW, it was a Cheap Materials, A Female Reporter, Somewhat Concrete Stone, the Concrete was feather weight, & He said, his Honest. Hmmm, Better for the Building fall NOW then WHEN its occupy with Residences,
@@ananmai8700 Then, we blame you! For any building that would go beyond 10 floors, the gov must sign a special permission. Why did the gov unseal the property when it was obvious that he's going beyond specifcaition
@@BashDeCash WITH GREAT RESPECT, the Pastor, Owner, Developer ETC. I Quote, He said, I am a Honest Man, If the Pastor is Honest He should have NEVER builds his Building on a Soft Foundation, MOST Black Nations, when Blacks Involves, SIMPLY GREEDS, WITH Great Respect, If YOU was a Part of the Government that in charged YOU Probability would have done the SAMETHING. I am Born into a Wealthy Family, My Father Purchased Me the Very Best of Materials Things, There is a DIFFERENCES with halves & Halves NOT, Whose Takes, Bribes, Cheap Stuffs ETC they is the Halves, NOT, I purchased Air Conditioner for closed to $600. 2 years ago, while I was leaving the Apartment, before I sold it, I gave it away. With that the Collapse Building BUY the BEST, that Will LAST. ETC.
Mr Osibona sounded so positive, humble and inspirational to young people trying to be successful in life, reflected from his humble beginning in property market in the UK. The same people criticising him would have celebrated his success if the building hadn't collapsed and Lagos was full of beautiful high-rise buildings just like Dubai. He cannot be held responsible alone for the collapsed building!!!! The Lagos government, the Contractor, the Architect, Surveyors and Civil engineers are all to be held accountable. They were all interested in money due to the profile of Mr Osibona. If there was a concern in the safety of building a 21 storey building and all the above mentioned professionals and government refused to be involved in the project, would the late Mr Femi Osibona have been able to build the 21 storey on his own???????
You can't be far from the truth. His structural engineers pulled out last year February and confirmed the integrity of the other two buildings and the first 3 floors of the 21 storey building. He was a man used to not following rules and paying bribes to boycott due process and hide behind Christianity for facade. The governors office is to be blamed because they reopened his site but he paid the price for his actions.
The building was once sealed off for months that's shows something is wrong....
@@sop606 it's all strange. It doesn't make sense but it all points to something going wrong with the structural integrity of the building. I heard on a different video that the permission granted for the building was for only 15 floors, so how come the building went up to 21 floors?
This is so painful to watch. He sounds rather humble for a young billionaire the way he addressed the journalist. Being too lucky and successful in the business made him carefree. God knows best.
I totally agree with you. He sounded so positive, humble and inspirational. The same people criticising him would have celebrated his success if the building hadn't collapsed. He cannot be held responsible alone for the collapsed building. The government, the contractor, the architect, surveyors and Civil engineers are all to be held accountable. If there was a concern in the safety of building a 21 storey building and all the above mentioned professionals and government refused to be involved in the project, would the late Mr Femi Osibona have been able to build the 21 storey on his own???????
Obviously he must have been carefree knowing that a construction contractor pulled out of the project at the fifth flour level due to safety concerns. One could clearly understand the reason from his statement; that he no longer trusts Nigerian engineers, they're only theoretical in approach. This is a huge lesson for us all. Don't ignore the expert.
@@fidelisikpe3606 If he did not trust Nigeria professionals, then he should have employed a foreign one and know the difference in cost. Most houses built in Nigeria are constructed by quarks who claim to have years of experience. The truth is that we haven't even started experiencing collapse especially with very old buildings that are not regularly checked. Drastic measures need to be taking quickly like tomorrow. That is how serious Nigeria situation is but it's a bitter truth our leaders do not want to face
So sad, never met him ,but I like his business mind, I wish he paid greater attention to safety he was on his way to do doing fantastic in life, So sad.
Yes, you're right. I think he made a mistake of relying too much on his intelligence and ignoring expert advice.. And he paid the ultimate price. There are still many property developers who behave this way too, but I doubt they'll ever learn any lesson from this incidence because they have a lot of money and influence
Do you listen to him and his fraud… someone always make a mistake… he doesn’t take own of mistakes
@@banjiadewale4139 He was speaking to Nigeria audience that's why he had the guts to emphasize approval errors in the 🇬🇧. I doubt his claim of 2 errors though
So sad😭😭😭
He should have hired a qualified construction company that has done such highrise before.
Imagine if this had happened when fully completed and occupied.
Oh my God...I tot so too.
U were right more lives who ve been loss. So sad May his soul Rest peace
So sad he developed the attitude of ignoring experts advice. So unfortunate.
exactly, they are experts for a reason
The reason is this we have 3 different buildings built almost parallel to each other the foundation is just meant for a specific unit of load lets say 10 to 15 floors but what we will eat as per Nigerian mentality and over rich quickly we want to beat the future, and also that corruption that is almost killing every one either consciously or unconsciously made them add more floors and the sad truth is that it was complete, but the load is just too much on the foundation ofcus it will crumble , When the foundation is destroyed what can the righteous do? that was exactly what happened.
@@ayotundeoladapo5736 my dear, how can they build a house with sand and expect it to stand? The cement while building was 2% and sand 98% it is share wickedness. What they can’t do abroad they bring it to Nigeria.
He was a man without integrity
Yes I noticed that but it is because workmen are always trying to rip you off and even when they are not, they engage in so much wastage that you unconsciously stop believing them and think they are trying to cheat you.
He bought less powerful generator against recommendation. What else did he buy of less quality materials in building the house against his engineers' recommendation? We don't know.
So, he was a man who always had his way. A typical nigerian big man.
Na so o
This is sad and unbelievable!
As tragic as it is, it would have been worse, if this building project had been completed and sold and had various families living in it!
The very scenario of such a carnage bears no thought.
God rest the souls of the departed!
a Z☆
Throwing Lagos state under the bus regarding easy approval.
i think all the other properties this man built should undergo integrity test
Yes. I agree. This was actually a blessing in disguise. Coulda been much worse.
So young a man! What is life? Vanity upon vanity. Nothing but a vapor. May the Gracious LORD comforts the families of the deceased, heal those rescued, and grant eternal rest unto the deceased. May the mercy of Jehovah deliver our land from tragedies and grants us peace in Jesus most Precious name .
You can't build high rise structure of that magnitude without full underground basement, that's where setting of the pillars starts, requires more of concrete with less blocks. I could see more of blocks from the rumbles.
he was trying to be prudent sir using Faith i thought you listened, cutting corners as usual beating approvals, the councils making mistakes by adding more floors which was flawed from the onset he could have just been selling his wears jejely
Why won't you ''see more of blocks from the rumbles'' if a whole building came down? Common sense did not tell you that whatever is at the basement would be covered up by the falling blocks?
Common sense did not tell you Mc Rolster that from the look of the sister's building standing next to the fallen one there're no underground basement on them, "make inquiries before sounding rude". Even the Iron Rod is high in 16mm,normally it requires 22mm not 25mm much more.
Yap👍
God bless, this is the first error i notice.. No basement or podium for such building so he's fake he doesn't know what he's doing, he failed and the entire crew failed...
Now it is obvious he was ignoring advises...he built 3 floors even when the UK government officials told him they made mistake...
They made a mistake, he already built based on their agreement, so should he remove 1 floor because they made a mistake. Thats no fault of his. Please stop looking for a fault in this man
@@msjoy431 They made a mistake and this was before construction started. They told him about the mistake and still went ahead to build the extra floors multiple time. Guess what the same luck he had was what caused his death. How did 15 get to 21? Lets face the fact the man is stubborn. His building was locked up last year. He called the governor ,high and mighty to get the building reopened. What does that say about him?
Great interview. Thank you.. you shall surely overcome your fears and worries
Though an inspiring man but not in some ways and the way he flout rules even if it's the council or the regulatory body that erred in giving out what is ideal, he should not have been heading to build on the wrong approvals. He is his master behind the Ikoyi incidence, he should not have pass 15 floors. Authorities should have stop the construction on the first day he set pillars for the sixteenth floor, authorities needs to do more in supervision on anything.
The council made a mistake then the told him not to build the three story but he went ahead to do it and he think he was smart doing that .he must have done the same thing with the collapsed building that has also taken his life.the Authorities did not stop him because he bribe them and they all will deny it because the man is no more.Look at him saying God spoke to him after stating he returned to Nigeria to enjoy his money,Nigerians and religion are like police and 50 naira on the high way..
Who’s here after the collapsing
It's so sad.
I’ve been here an hour ago
Many questions would now be raised
He did the interview few months ago. I hope he is still alive under the rubbles.
May his soul rest in perfect peace! However from this interview he sounded like a developer who liked to SAVE MONEY and CUT COSTS and CORNERS at the same time by sometimes DISREGARDING COUNSEL OF PROFESSIONALS in the Building Industry. It's such a SHAME that he had to pay the ultimate price with his life and those of many innocent ones. May GOD grant us the WISDOM TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AT ALL TIME, AMEN! 🙏
Ahswear u jus spoke ma mind, with the story he told here u can see that he has been doing substandard buildings by editing their original plan and that’s wrong.
I guess his previous experience with engineers, giving him what he thought to be poor advise, made him feel he doesn't need their advise anymore. Smh
It’s funny how all the council and govt approval offices always make mistake with the # of floors. Is it the same as the 21 floors?? 🤷🏾🤷🏾🤷🏾
He confessed refusing advice from the professionals at 17:15 . He is not even a professional in anything that relates to building and yet hated to be told to do things professionally.
This is Nigeria for you. Anybody can call themselves any professional name. A dental assistant in London can come to Nigeria and call themselves dentist without the authority checking any certificate and even having the audacity to operate as a dentist. Let's blame the authority for not doing their job, and allowing any quack person operate professionally when they are not trained for it
I agree 100%. He probably tried to cut corners.
@@africanayasmin6210 exactly! Let’s NOT blame the person cheating and scamming at all…🤦♀️
He is complete fraud,because why will you refuse the knowledge of an expert on every advice giving.
@Tunde Aladi. It's quite a pity and most people defending him here are like that too. Most Nigerians don't respect professionals when it comes to building. They either employ quacks who will charge them less or do the plans themselves, buy the materials themselves and supervise the construction themselves. This is a lesson for all who want to go into real estate, that is if they will learn
On face value, he sounds like a genuine gentleman who truly believed in what he was doing. I hope is dreams and vision will be brought to fruition by somebody.
I agree with you. He appeared to be genuine gentleman who never denied the grace of God over his life. The only issue is his attitude of ignoring professional /expert's advice. Even the bible said she should obey people in authority. The project would have be very successful if he listened to experts.
If I were to be living in any of his buildings, I would no longer be comfortable.
Can we imagine for a minute that the building has been completed and people are already living there? And lo and behold, the collapse happens....
Abeg o! There is serious need to check the other 2 buildings...
Other 2 buildings need to be Demolished. The buildings are going to Collapsed too
The remaining two need to be safely demolished or left alone to come down same way because we don't learn the easy way in Nigeria!
Imagining that is even a nightmare for me
and would have been much much heavier....
cheii...I am just hearing that this man was in building with another Nigerian that visited from the US for a wedding.....chai chai...so this man was in there? chai so sad.. Father we thank you that the building wasnt completely finished and families living inside. Imagine the loss it would have been! I dey fear extreme high rise even abroad...once a building pass 5 floors it shouldnt be approved without proper building standards! chai RIP to those that couldnt get out b4 it fell.
@Ijay Ijay. Even a bungalow will collapse if there are no structural columns put in place to support its roof, how much more a 21 stories
You didn't start cutting corners today. Soo sad
This man has unknowingly implicated the lagos state government in some of the decisions he took and in this interview. According to sahara tv "he violently resisted inspection of the building in 2020" and was arrested but was subsequently released on orders from above. This sad loss happened as a result of corruption at all strata and greed on the part of the developer. All other structures under this man's company/supervision should undergo integrity tests in order to save lives. So so sad 😭
Huh?! How has he “implicated” Lagos State? Because the state is improving the ease of doing business?
May his soul rest in peace and may God forgives his shortcomings. It's just weird that ppl always make mistakes in most of his projects just as LABSCA made mistakes in allowing him to raise an approved 15 storey building to 21. So sad his life ended this way.
@@therealist2866 Wow! Is that what you understand it to be? Smh Wahala dey!
@@godschild4615 dude, he SPECIFICALLY imputes that between 20:18 and 21:47 (including stating that the Governor will go after anyone seeking to collect bribes). Wahala ko, Mehalla ni!
It's so sad that this man compromised standard
Not necessarily him. Apparently, he wasn't the builder
@@davidobembe5302 please stop it, the builders will not dare to just do what they like
@@davidobembe5302 stop it there! did you hear when he was cutting corners, when they were busy doing mistakes of adding more floors he was meant to get 1000kva of gen but he declined the advice got 500kva, may God have mercy on him and the departed souls
@@davidobembe5302 it is necessarily him. Little surprise the structural engineers pulled out of this project.
I admired his positiveness. Wanting to make money is not a bad thing but not at the cost of cutting corners and having scant regard for human lives.
So he had a history of developing more floors than approved. They keep making mistakes for him.
One that can't be trusted with little can't be trusted with much. Started by cheating with one floor ended by cheating with 7 floors.
God have mercy ! He didn't even make it beyond this project nor 2021 !!!
Today his body has been discovered from the rubbles...dead !
So sad... 😔
Very respectful. Its obvious he wasn't greedy. 50 percent funds already received.
This man sounds very bright and daring. It's really sad this happened
He sounds cunning. I guess you could call that smart in Nigerian terms
Bright and daring?
Half truths, outright lies, equivocation and quoting of bible verses here and there are now akin to being "bright" and "daring"?
Let me go back to minding my business
Nothing he said indicates that he is bright
Why can't we even wait for the investigation panel to come up with their report before we conclude on what caused the collapse. Airplanes are the safest mode of transportation but we still see pockets of crashes here and there.
You cannot conclude the crash was due to bad materials just yet.
Vanity upon vanity. We should all learn from this. Cutting corners can kill.
Indeed cutting corners kill
God bless you for this simple comment.
Shame on you all! Romantising it as if he did something good. This man literally lied, bullied his way through and praised god for it . Greedy shameful people including the presenter
Very soft spoken humble guy. Pity about some wrong decisions he must have taken since he was able to get away with “not following the principle” of some regulations in the past. May the souls of all those that perished in the collapse rest in peace.
Wow...still wondering what must have led to the building collapse...well from his own chat on TV...he chose to do things against the recommendation of professionals...and Nigeria, unlike abroad, made it easy for him to bypass the right procedures...he obeyed God's vision for his life but he never followed His direction...God is not in support of evading building procedures...
All he did in Western world are solid and still standing till date all because legal policies must be adhered to but in 9ija anything goes.....
Qualities than quantities
Dr femi oshibona 🙌
With how thorough things are done in the UK, I am beginning to doubt this thing about the Council making mistakes with approving more floors than were applied. Does not addt up
@namski2410. My exact thought. Not once but twice in different countries for only him. He was to build 15 in Nigeria but when he exceeded they stopped him twice. The governor intervened and he continued. Something is definitely fishy here
Thank sir
May the soul of the departed rest peacefully.
🙏🏽
Why has there always been a mistake in writing the number of floors? I listened carefully to this video…. I smelt greed … it’s a pity… he gets approval to build certain number of floors, he ends up doing more and claiming there was an error in writing….I feel terrible for the innocent souls lost
It doesn't make sense. A "mistake" in real estate put people's lives at risk. His other two high rise buildings should be checked out too to make sure there are no "mistakes" too regarding the number of floors. Planning permission in construction is for a reason so over ruling planning regulations (number of floors etc) can have deadly consequences
No one builds a house that they know would end their live. He had dreams and aspirations that died with him.
This is a first class interview. Several things to learn
He succeeded outside Nigeria because he could not cut corners outside Nigeria. Cutting corners in Nigeria is a way of life made possible because of our love for influence peddling. In Nigeria, anything goes!!! Our system is designed for influence peddling
The engineers involve should be questions base on sub-standard materials used.
Very important because they will collect money then buy cheap material and how will he know?
He has always been o non conformist
@ Sam Akins. That's true but this man appears like someone who knows it all. I believe no professional will want to get a bad name and risk having his license seized. Hence they had to withdraw their services because he would not listen to them because he thought they are too theoretical and not practical. What that means is that he would eventually fall into the hand of quacks who are practically thieves looking to make money off him.
I’m not in support of the errors made by him in this project I’m only just inspired by his dream in the Real Estate Industry and how industrious he his in achieving his dream in the Real Estate!
Rest In Peace my Mentor😭😭😭
Your so called mentor did not OBEY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING!. If you want to build a 21-storey building, you make sure you STRICTLY ADHERE to Health and Safety Laws. You build a 7 to 8 storey foundation as base before building up!. You ask yourself,why did he not ignore the laws of health and safety in the UK or maybe South Africa? Because he KNOWS he will be summarily arrested. Also remember the lives of those that died were due to "oju is kokoro" greediness and avarice
He was a crook man. He was not an honest man. He never followed architectural instructions. WTF 😳
@@inspirewisdom hmmmm, how did you arrive at all these facts of yours? Was he not the same guy who developed properties in UK, USA and South Africa? He was killed by the corrupt system in our clime. Systemic failure is the cause of his demise.
@@JOA-JADE Yes he developed in USA,UK and South Africa, but when he was in Nigeria, he let greed and corruption take the better of him.
@@inspirewisdom you don't know for sure where it all went wrong. Is it too much to ask that we should await the investigation report before passing judgement? Wow!
So sad to see someone with so much drive ignore safety and to come to Nigeria and die because of greed and corruption of the broken system may the soul of all departed RIP.
He has nice concepts but he should have allowed Exparte to join in fully
No rich man gives out his true secrets.
The righteous gives out the secret, obey the laws, statutes and commandments, and cleave to the truth!
I have never seen a poor person write a book. And never seen someone who has a job share his job. I think it is the poor you mean... Bill Gates, share what makes him money.
@@user-144k 👌🏿
Secrets are hidden for the ignorant. Nothing in financial wealth is really a secret but rather, it's revealed to those who are inspired to change their world (life).
The success of Coca-Cola is in its taste ditto Pepsi and McDonalds. The owners kept the formulas to themselves and their families. God will deliver the secret you need to succeed if you fear him Psalm 25:14,
Rest on cousin, may God console all our family. May God put an end to this calamity. Rest in perfect peace cousin. You will be missed 😢 💔 😔
I share your emotions! What a loss to Nigeria!
So will the people he killed
We love to glorify scumbags. Good riddance. He could hv killed thousands if he rented it out. I hope say d block scatter him head well.
I really want to know which one of the building fell, grace, faith or peace ? Really unfortunate people lost their lives from the tragedy
Following the events in Nov2021, this interview has aged really badly!
By now the family members have started fighting already over the estate he leaves behind
Biggest vanity ever
I imagine the banks own a huge chunk of his ‘estate’.
@@therealist2866 And corrupt big men
He has lost everything I think and investors will come for the family. Those other two high rise buildings is not safe to live in and nobody will feel safe going to live there knowing what happened there and it impact on the other two buildings. It will be demolished. Wasted money and resources, all because developer was negligent
Of course now, that is the Nigerian way
God bless you my brother for all your comments I wish to know you so as to learn more from you
I’m really inspired by your dream about the 360 Fourscore Homes....I really don’t know you but I’m inspired I love your dream but so unfortunate you never lived to fulfill it
Rest In Peace Mr.Femi Osibona
is this really Angelina Jolie??
So sad!!!😭😭😭
All glory be to God . Nigeriann always dey use dat one for scams
If the buildings are powered by generators then we are still far away from development in Nigeria. We should be investing in green house power generation like windmills, solar energy’s and nuclear power plants.
😂😂😂😂😂 joker
@@proudlyafrican6240 that’s the fact. Some politicians are benefitting from generators sales that’s why they wants millions of Nigerians to suffer in darkness without electricity. They call Nigeria giant of Africa but we’re more of giant of corruption and misplaced priorities.
@@tayobibi take easy with the green thing though…Africans should power Africa with gas or whatever cheap alternatives we have out there
@@proudlyafrican6240 Nigeria has the money, but their being spent on corrupt politicians and ghost workers in a ministerial departments. The main issues in most African countries is greed and corruption.
@@ot4625 😂😂😂😂…Good question…Most Nigerian youth just want to sound woke..Whatever they see abroad or see on movies, they want to copy…Thinking that’s the real life out there…Now the West is asking the whole world to abandon oil and gas cause they don’t have oil and gas anymore..They want to stall development in developing countries…Then you wonder why China and Russia are telling them off..But Nigerians?? No comment 😂😂😂
He started so humbly, so sad 😞 we missed him and others 😢
One mistake people make is believing that project development experience in developed countries can be replicated in Nigeria. The soil and construction standard of Nigeria is not the same as the of developed countries. Was the soil okay for 15 or 21 floors? The enabling building code and thorough project certification free of corruption are missing in Nigeria. Before a building could collapse means that there is a structural problem resulting from cutting corners and corrupt practices. You are building such high-rise apartments and there is no organization certifying each stage of the work as it is done abroad?
I will never make the mistake of trusting the Nigerian business environment. Corruption smells from every angle.
I am sorry for this guy and those who died in the collapsed building. May their souls rest in peace.
There’s soil testing in Nigeria. There are also building codes and certification in Nigeria. These are the purview of the Lagos State Building Control Agency.
The problem is not an absence of codes or expertise, but rather the ANYHOWNESS (impunity aided by corruption) that pervades throughout Nigeria and among most Nigerian citizens - from top to bottom. Nigerians love to blame their so-called ‘leaders’ (as if they’re from Mars), but ultimately Nigeria’s condition is a culmination of the varying actions of ALL Nigerians (by commission or omission).
Everything you’ve said here is wrong. There are many 21 story buildings in Ikoyi where this man was building. All of them were certified and build to code. None of them have collapsed. Or do you want to say Julius Berger and Cappa D’Alberto don’t know what they’re doing??? This was an isolated incident, and not the norm. Accidents happen all the time. In Australia there’s a newly built over 21 story apartment building that’s cracked and is now bending sideways. All the tenants had to evacuate.
@@bessel260, if we all agree that everything that I said is wrong, please tell us exactly why this collapse occurred. Your argument seems to be one-sided. I don't like the idea of people justifying this terrible error that is not natural by referencing similar collapsed buildings elsewhere. If there are 21 floors of high-rise buildings in the same area, we need to know why those buildings did not collapse and why this one has collapsed.
We keep hearing different stories from the State Government departments and professional bodies. One thing that can't be argued against is that this building collapsed due to structural problems resulting from terrible acts of negligence.
We must try to avoid such acts. Everyone inside the building deserved not to die. I am indeed pained and saddened by this terrible waste of human lives in this tragedy. The other buildings built by this man on the same premises need to be properly checked to avert similar tragedy.
You sound very ignorant and should tear up your Certificate. Is The soil in Dubai that’s a desert better than that of Nigeria? You must think West African homes are all huts. 🤦🏻♂️
@@MrILES-gu3xb , you sound rude and uncivil by arguing blindly. Why didn't you talk about the standards when you claimed everything was in order? You should know that soil can not be the same in every country. The weather is not the same. Why are bricks houses not common in Nigeria and common elsewhere? Tell us why the building went down. Didn't you see the withdrawal of the letter of February this year by the initial engineering firm for the project?
People like you will turn a blind eye to standards and kill innocent people in Nigeria. Your argument is skewed and made no sense.
Indeed
''Nigeria is a place to enjoy your money" because no checks and balances'' indeed you have done something that has not been done before. ''Am in charge" Pride! Taking glory!
THIS MAN IS USED TO SAYING THEY MADE MISTAKE IN NOS OF FLOORS TO BUILD, DID THEY ALSO MADE MISTAKE IN LAGOS MAKING HIM INCREASE FROM 15 STOREYS APPROVED TO 21 STORIES BUILDING
APPARENTLY HE HAD BEEN DISOBEYING THE LAW SINCE THE 90s!!! dude doesn't believe in consultants!
Did you hear the lagos state governor state he had approval for three properties, 2 at 15 floors and 1 at 21 floors
He sounds as if he is making up half of this story
ofcouse he was making up all of it. there is no way on earth this guy obeyed building protocols
Exactly.
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Lesson for all; Don't ignore the expert.
This is greed. The Holy Spirit must have convicted you that it should be two storey. It is not about money making it is about safety. If you love God you obey and promote safety.
What concern Holy Spirit with this issue
@@caveman7216 because he talks about hearing God and you can’t hear nada from God but through the holy spirit
The Bible also tells me that "Pride comes before a fall", especially when an iota of insincerity is involved.
May all involved pay the price in this negligible [culpable] homicide.
Waow!! This country is so flawed. His mistake started when he was asked to buy a 1000kva generator which 500kva generator could relatively handle. He thus, lost his trust in the so called professionals. The gap is just too much. Secondly, it is a risk doing critical projects in Nigeria depending on the Nigeria market.. There are a lot of fake, inferior products in the nigerian market.
So maybe he also chose to ignore the structural engineers’ advice and bought cheaper stuff? SMH 🤦♀️
He forgot to mention that he was also fronting for crooked politicians.
This is indeed awesome. Intelligent responses with God Almighty as the Root of the success story. God bless you more abundantly Sir. Keep Excelling
Keep excelling when he don die already?? 😳 😳
He really succeeded as he never allowed people to leave inside it....
Nigeria as a lawless country. This shouldn't be the fault of Femi that the building collapsed. It should have been the fault of the construction company. But in Nigeria contractor can be less competent + the wuruwuru that can be done on materials used in building it. Contractor must be held accountable and be thought a good lesson on this. Plus whoever approve 21 storey in government house without vetting the construction company.
Bro if you are following the story well, you will know that the contractors disagreed to not go against the building design specifications, they terminated the contract which make himto take up the project by himself without any formal knowledge, you can ask what he is doing in the project site even as the developer
See where your faith has led you to. God gave you the privilege of doing great things, but you decided to do it your own way.
No just his own way but with pride and arrogance. Can you hear him say " Im in Charge" Over confidence! Pastor Ashimolow was busy singing his praise.... Cos of money for crying out loud!
How safe are this building built
It is unfortunate
U asked the right question 🤔 look where we are now. It's just sad but he seem like a great man if only he had listened to the advise of professionals 😕 and not get ahead of himself
@@debbieoyeku6193 the building are not safe
Awww, right question asked 2 months ago became reality today
waoh you asked this question over 2 months ago... seems you are predicting the future... look at what happen now...
i hope he is held accountable tho.
This is how much lives don’t matter in Nigeria. This is a massacre. Honestly, the most annoying part of that these monsters would walk away freely while people mourn their loved ones. Sad sad sad
The "monsters" were also consumed this time...he died too, alongside two other investors and many poor workers
@@BashDeCash he was killed
@@godwinejiofor8064 by who?
The entrance street was way to narrow how manage was it approved?
So sad! He spoke so ENTITLED! Face of greed. Nigerians always using whatever to make money from nothing! I hope he gets to at least pay compensation Bcos we know our corrupt land that these people are UNtouchable!....but to who? half of the people that would have being pulled out would have no way of identifying names, addresses or who was inside! JAGAjaga country!
A 12 storey building in South Florida condo collapsed earlier this year in the US..... How can anybody just build 21 storey high rise in a country ridiculed with corruptions and cut throughs to make save cost! They should stop building all these unnecessary over high rise! It cant work in that country with their corruptions! The people killed will unfortunately be engineers, builders and maybe anyone who was surveying to buy! RIP to the dead. This emba months may GOd almighty protect us in NIgeria ooooooo....
Even simple record keeping to his building site was not followed. Anyone going into the building sure should sign in and sign out with approved helmets safety personnel protection. He must have done this in the UK, America and south Africa. But why not follow this rule in Nigeria?
@@Chainbreak2023 I am just hearing he was in the building too! with a man that visited from the US for a wedding! Chai! chai.... there might actually have been a record..it might have been crushed when the place fell. what of all the foreigners? I hope they made it out alive.
It's not a question of answering a Landlord, or the owner of a skyscraper. The (Staying Power) of a house, bridge, skyscraper, shopping complex, stadium cover, indoor sports hall, residential building, or whatever kind of building is the 'Foundation/Quality of materials used in the construction of the building. The Foundation determines how many stories must be erected, and not imaginary engineering concept. This is what the Lagos State government and the Nigerian government in general must look into to avoid such incident in the future because innocent people have lost their lives.
His obsession with god typifies most Nigerians, yet he dishonesty built two houses capitalising on the error of the council. I’m not criticising him but if you mention God then I expect Godliness. Cowboy developers take advantage of Nigerians complete lawlessness and culture of impunity. Why did the bible not tell him that building on a mash land with shoddy builders is a disaster waiting to happen.
@CK 888:
Get a life, you are talking gibberish!
How is taking advantage of error of the so-called expert dishonesty?
''Why did the bible not tell him that building on a mash land with shoddy builders is a disaster waiting to happen.'' You sound as if you are blaming God/Bible for his greediness. I hope you know that there are innocent others (atleast 23 people)who fell with him so, you should be decent enough to respect the dead.
I'm sure he had bribed the oyibo to add extra floor to the building in London, who said oyibo doesn't take bribe, they are humans too.The reward of Sin is death
.i just pity the innocent ones that were looking for their daily bread,I'm sure he would still under pay them mitchew
@@ay1ism a grown man must control his emotions, try to address your disagreements and stop being personal, because you saw God / bible in my comment you have lost all sense of rational thinking that you are so subjected to emotions and passion. This a disability of the mind!
@@lindafagbemi3737 you have no evidence to support your assertions.
Fair and sound comment @CK 888 . May the souls of the dead rest in peace, however let this be a sound lesson to all intending Entrepreneurs.
Please do it right and do it according to building practices. There is honour in building beautiful edifices and long lasting developments whose longevity outlive the Builder. Don't cut corners please.
Hmm, the UK council's keeps adding 1 floor extra to the building plan? Am sorry not sure about that
Is it just me or does the building seem to be already tilting at 3:23. It doesn't seem straight or sturdy compared to the others
I noticed it too
It’s intentional, look at the visualizations…I am an architect by the way
Yes with 100kva generator for your development, you ME engineer advised you correctly, there is in design something called redundancies, contingent design, that is what is responsible for the additional voltage required.
Thanks a lot. One of best contributions to the discussion here.
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The same lack or redundancies that crashed the building.
@@abui2000 yep, he completely deliberately ignored the experts design recommendations, unfortunately in this instance dastardly. Cheerz mi fren.
All things are possible. He reminds me of my cousin also into properties.
He is under properties
@@zeeone4492 ouch
All things aren’t possible. Let us all learn to do things the right way. For ourselves and for others.
How did the council make mistake twice ?
Femi was lying. The building on Albion Drive isn't seven floors but four
@@justbabes2685 that's probably the lies he told them in naija to get people interested.
@@titi9238 True. The only truth he told in this interview is about his first business. My friends and I often bought bags and shoes from him
Hmmmmmm. I am just interested in his Educational background
omitted intentionally?
why, are you writing a book on him?
He attended Croydon University. He studied Business & Finance. Croydon Uni is not really a Uni 😂
A dream is gone... Very sad indeed
Some sky scrapers in New York are over 50 years old yet still standing firm . Ask me why ? No corruption , no compromise , . My take .. The Oyibos are still better in Every way
True
Its a fact
The are high rises in Lagos over 50 years old. BTW, how old was the high rise that recently collapsed in Miami, Florida? 🤔
Meanwhile, some of you need to quit with the low self-esteem. There are excellent professionals and poor professionals everywhere. It has NOTHING to do with race. SMH 🤦♀️
@@therealist2866 it has nothing to do with race but most of african people cut corners. We don't even obey simple traffic rules, and jumps traffic everywhere. How are we expected to follow rules and apply regulations in our profession? The white people are not better than us, but they follow the rules and the government checks that the rules are being followed, whereas ours we do what we like and most get away with it because they know people in high office and elites in society
Right! Some of the oldest sky scrapers are in Chicago from the 1930s and they are still standing
This story is so weird. I didn't know he was the owner of the collapsed building in Ikoyi, until one of the commentators stated, "so God guided him to return to Nigeria, then he later died in his collapsed building" ......just a paraphrase there. Very sad what corruption had caused for Nigeria.
there is no God.... I wish he was smart enough know this.... cutting corners kills and destroys....
This is so painful 😥
Rest in peace sir
Great Lesson from this interview,
Though u may be wealthy respect the Professional Advice.
Never forget that God has reason for putting those professionals there.
I don't know a lot about property development but it feels like this man is genuine. If he compromised something I don't know. There's still a lot that can be learned from him. He might have made mistakes, he might have taken a wrong advise, he might have compromised on something, it might not have anything to do with him but his attitude is good and a lot can be learned from him.
From this conversation he was a risk taker but he was not genuine. The kind of risk you take with cars cannot be taken with airplanes.
When building a bungalow, you might cut corners but you are supposed to go far and above when it comes to storey buildings. They are supposed to double the strength of the pillars and test every step of the way.
@ope katakata. You just found yourself a mentor
How can they build a 21 story building in Nigeria that is full deceit. They can use substandard materials without minding the risk.
I swear the people that was warming up to move in there be it office or home ,was gonna take a whole life risk... Staying in a tall building in Nigerian now is making death preparation.
There are taller buildings in Lagos. It’s not the height. Even if you build a bungalow with “substandard materials” it will still collapse.
There are many 21+ story buildings in Lagos. Shut your mouth.
@@bessel260 Wait a minute !!!! you should not display your usual rudeness here when an important issue like this is being sincerely discussed.
Just bundle yourself to the platform you little brats hide under fake names to talk thrash. People’s safety are involved in this situation, so be serious for once. Be human, everything is not for a joke.
Thank you for the insight
Now we know the real story
God bless you sir you an eye 👁 opener but let them do something to ikorodu motor way not only ikoyi.
We are following you sir
Not anymore
To the grave
You sure ?
Don't follow him to HELL.
You renovated 2-storey building and extended it to 3-story back in London many years ago, they approved 15 storey building for you in Lago but you went ahead to build 21 storey. Sorry to say You never respect Engineer's advice hence the reason for the collapse in Lagos.
You really need to listen again, because he didn't renovate a building, he built a property. They documents stated 3 floors if not the property would have been confisticated.
Really, authorities made mistake and wrote 3 stories instead of 2, and he won the case in England; so you got greedy in Nigeria to alter 15 stories to 21!!!!
It was supposed to be 4 even. Just 4 stories. The white people withdrew their workers because they couldn't attest or approve of the building after the 4th floor. And they told him, and he paid deaf ears.
Its so tragic
@@aprilnyssa And where are the ''white people that withdrew their workers '' Mr. Fake News!
I wont make it 22 likes what a CO INCIDENT OF LIKES BUT YOU ARE 0N POINT.
He's clearly a victim of motivational speakers
God spoke to you when to build house but he no tell you when to leave one that is about to collapse?
A fool like you. As old as you are no sense
@@alibabasupplier4558 it is obvious you are angry on behalf of your god.
As in! It's the African man's mentality to overtly use religion and God's name so superficially!
@@lolab.80 i tell you.
@@sirolad it's God they use to deceive people like him
rest in peace great man
May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace..