Lagos Afriland Towers fire: Death toll hits 10, as Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Obasa, Obi, others mourn

By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Victor Ahiuma-Young and Johnbosco Agbakwuru

Following the devastating inferno that gutted Afriland Towers, a six-storey commercialized gathering connected Broad Street, Lagos Island connected Tuesday, six further victims were confirmed dormant yesterday, aft the archetypal 4 persons connected the fateful day.

Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, successful the 2025 election, Peter Obi, had successful abstracted messages, expressed their condolences to household members, absorption of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, United Bank for Africa, UBA, and United Capital Plc implicit unfortunate incident.

The latest six casualties were employees of United Capital Plc, a fiscal and concern services firm, situated connected the 3rd and 4th floors of the building.

Lagos occurrence work confirms 10 dead

Meanwhile, Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, successful a connection earlier, confirmed 10 persons dead.

In her response, titled; “Update connected the study of occurrence incidental astatine Afrialand Towers Broad Street, Lagos,” simply stated, “Further probe with the Afriland squad however, revealed that 10 adults antheral including pistillate were confirmed dormant afterwards.”

Recall that the absorption and unit of FIRS, had earlier successful a connection connected Wednesday, by the Special Adviser connected Media to the FIRS chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, confirmed the decease of 4 unit members to include: Mrs. Ekelikhostse George (Assistant Director), Mr David Sunday-Jatto (Assistant Director), Mrs. Nkem Onyemelukwe (Senior Manager) and Mr Peter Ifaranmaye (Manager).

One of the deceased, Jatto, it was gathered was successful the bureau connected the fateful time to manus implicit officially to his successor aft been redeployed to different subdivision erstwhile the calamity claimed his life.

The raging occurrence it was gathered by exigency agencies, originated successful the inverter country located successful the basement of the gathering portion fume dispersed crossed aggregate floors and engulfed the structure, trapping occupants successful the process.

“It is with a dense bosom that FIRS announces the tragic nonaccomplishment of 4 of its unit members during the occurrence incidental astatine Afriland Towers, Broad Street, Lagos, connected Tuesday.

“FIRS is 1 of the tenants occupying the Towers with our Medium Tax Audit and Onikan Emerging Tax Office housed connected the sixth and seventh floors.

“Our Security and Safety officials rapidly mobilized and contacted the occurrence work arsenic soon arsenic they were alerted. On getting to the scene, heavy acheronian fume was already billowing retired of the building.

“The Management and full unit are successful heavy daze and sorrow implicit the development. They connection their condolences to the grieving families and are successful interaction with the families of our departed colleagues whose committedness to excellence, dedication and professionalism were ne'er successful doubt. We volition supply each the indispensable enactment astatine this trying time.

“We are moving successful collaboration with each applicable agencies successful Lagos to get to the basal origin of the unfortunate incident. While this is going on, we volition beryllium reviewing information measures crossed FIRS offices successful some rented and owned buildings nationwide,” the connection reads.

However, connection by United Capital Plc yesterday, reports came successful from different affected steadfast management, confirming the nonaccomplishment of six members of unit to the tragic incident, raising the full decease toll to 10 truthful far.

A connection by United Capital Plc, made disposable to the media yesterday confirmed six of its unit dormant successful the incident.

The connection work successful part; “It is with profound grief that the Management and Staff of United Capital Plc denote the passing of six of our beloved colleagues, pursuing the tragic occurrence astatine Afriland Towers connected Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

“Our departed colleagues were an integral portion of our institution and family. Their achy nonaccomplishment leaves an immeasurable void. We widen our deepest and heartfelt condolences to their families, friends, and loved ones, and we proceed to clasp them successful our thoughts and prayers, arsenic good arsenic supply each the enactment we tin to them during this astir difficult...