Death toll in Nigeria building collapse rises to 5 – official
Lagos, Nigeria (The Informant247) – The death toll from the collapse of a 7-storey building in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos has risen to 5, a state government official said on Monday.
The remains of three more people, including an elderly man, have been found in the wreckage of the building that collapsed in Lagos on Sunday.
The latest recovery put the death toll at five, while two more persons are still believed to be trapped in the 7-storey building which caved in the early hours of Sunday on Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Victoria Island.
Earlier on Monday, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, put the casualty figure at four.
He said, “The agency alongside other first responders has been working for over 24 hours on the site of the 7-storey building which collapsed yesterday (Sunday). Another two bodies have been extricated from the rubble bringing the fatalities to four. The painstaking process is ongoing. Further updates to follow.”
At 12.30pm, Farinloye gave another update, saying “One body recovered again making it five bodies recovered so far.”
Despite pulling down the building to ground zero, more people are still said to be trapped. Those trapped were said to be sleeping in the building prior to the collapse.
