Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed sadness by the events that occurred in Lagos on Monday, 1st of November 2021, where a high-rise building under construction on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, collapsed.
He condoles with the families and relatives of all those who have died, were injured or were affected in the collapse.
Professor Osinbajo considers the loss of lives a horrible tragedy.
In a statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity Laolu Akande, noted that the attention of the Vice President has been drawn to an obviously sponsored falsehood regarding the recently collapsed building published by Sahara Reporters on November 4th, 2021, to the effect that: the VP owns the land upon which the collapsed building in Ikoyi stood, and that the said land was sold to him by Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, Chairman of Elizade Motors;
The statement made it clear that Professor Yemi Osinbajo does not own and has never owned the said land.
He has also never been involved, in any shape or form, in the development of this or any other land since he became Vice President.
The statement further noted that property and assets owned by the Vice President have been publicly declared.
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Also, the Vice President has never spoken to the Governor of Lagos State or any other official of the State Government regarding the unsealing of the said building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, which subsequently collapsed.
He has never acted to influence any other regulatory action on the collapsed building, or any other building for that matter, in Lagos State.
The Vice President restates categorically that he has no interest whatsoever, and has never had any interest, either legally or beneficially, in the land, the building or development.
The statement Concludes that the Vice President has referred the publication to his lawyers for prompt legal action.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
