The death toll in the collapsed building at 24, Ibadan Street (East), Off Muritala Mohammed Way, Ebute-Metta, Lagos has risen to seven with 23 survivors out of the rubble.
According to Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs Magaret Adeyeye, who spoke through her spokesman, Mr Shakiru Amodu, five more bodies to the two earlier confirmed dead were recovered in the early hours on Monday, making seven persons recovered dead so far.
The survivors have been taken to the hospital for treatment and check-ups.
According to Adeyeye, it could not be ascertained as of press time if there were more trapped victims in the rubble as LASEMA men, being led by its Permanent Secretary, PS, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, were still removing the rubble to get to “ground zero.”
Also, men of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, Lagos State Ambulances Services, LASAMBUS, “among others other still at the scene as search-and-rescue operations are ongoing.”
Recall that the building, which was said to be old, caved in at about 10.59 pm on Sunday, trapping all the occupants.
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