Death Toll Hits 36 as Real Estate Dealer, Wale Bob-Oseni Reportedly Among Those Missing In Ikoyi Building Collapse

Nigerian real estate dealer and executive director of African Bureau for Legislative Empowerment, Wale Bob-Oseni, is reported to be among the victims trapped inside the collapsed 21-storey building at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos state.

Bob-Oseni is a Howard University graduate who was on his way to the US on Monday, November 1, when he received a call from his friend, associate, and owner of Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, to check out the ongoing construction of the Gerald Terraces.

Unfortunately, the building collapsed with Bob-Oseni and Osibona inside, and they are now feared dead following 48 hours of rescue efforts.

In a video that went viral on the day of the collapse, a man, said to be Bob-Oseni’s driver was seen tearfully saying he was to take his boss to the Lagos airport.

 “He was heading to wanted to go America. I and drop him in the airport,” the driver said in tears.

Confirming the development, Ovation publisher, Dele Momodu, who was close to both of them, told TheCable on Wednesday that both men were his “aburos.”

“Wale was on his way to the US… this is so tragic,” he said.