Elumelu Cuts Short US Trip Over UBA Staff Killed In Afriland Towers Fire In Lagos

Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and Afriland Properties Plc, Tony Elumelu, has expressed heavy sorrow implicit the occurrence outbreak astatine Afriland Towers successful Victoria Island, Lagos, which claimed the lives of immoderate members of unit connected Tuesday.

In a personally signed connection addressed to staff, Elumelu described the incidental arsenic devastating and announced that helium was cutting abbreviated his travel to the United States, wherever helium was scheduled to be the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) successful New York.

“No connection tin seizure the magnitude of this nonaccomplishment – not for their families who loved them, not for the friends who valued them, and not for those of america who worked beside them,” Elumelu said.

“Yesterday was a stark reminder of what genuinely matters: our irreplaceable people, those who locomotion done our doors each time and stock our mission. I learnt of this connected my mode to the US, en way to New York for UNGA. I person chopped abbreviated my travel to instrumentality to Lagos arsenic a people of respect to our mislaid colleagues.”

LEADERSHIP reports that Afriland Properties Plc confirmed successful a property merchandise that an contiguous probe into the origin of the occurrence astatine the six-storey operation connected Broad Street, Lagos Island, has commenced. However, the institution did not disclose the nonstop fig of casualties. The operation houses respective subsidiaries of Heirs Holdings, including Afriland Properties Plc, a subdivision of UBA Plc and different non-related concern interests.

Elumelu urged unit to enactment colleagues who are presently receiving attraction and assured that the institution would supply indispensable assistance to the families of the deceased.

“As we navigate this grief, I impulse you each to scope retired to those who are receiving care. In the coming days, we volition convene to honour the memories of the departed arsenic we supply enactment to their families,” helium stated.

He besides extended gratitude to exigency responders and members of the nationalist who assisted during the incident.

“I besides privation to convey each those who supported successful 1 mode oregon the other, from exigency responders and archetypal assistance workers to members of the nationalist who showed courageousness and compassion,” Elumelu said.

The billionaire businessman further directed that a infinitesimal of soundlessness beryllium observed crossed each Heirs Holdings companies astatine 12:00 noon WAT connected Wednesday successful honour of the victims.

“A infinitesimal soundlessness volition beryllium observed contiguous astatine 12:00 noon WAT crossed each our radical companies. May this ne'er hap again successful our group. May the souls of the departed remainder successful cleanable peace.”