Lekki Gardens CEO, Richard Nyong and his contractor were arraigned at the Magistrate Court in Ebute Metta earlier today, Friday, 11, 2016. The two were brought to the court in a handcuff amid tight security.
READ: Lekki Gardens boss, Richard Nyong arrested over building collapse
Richard was arrested and detained at Panti Police Station, Lagos, following the collapse of an uncompleted five-storey building on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki, which his company was handling.
The Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, ordered his arrest yesterday and he was charged to court immediately.
READ: NET Extra: Collapsed building in Lekki Gardens was sealed for exceeding the approved floors – LASG
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