The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that death toll at the collapsed three-storey building in the Ebute Metta area has increased to 10.
The Zonal Coordinator, South-West, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday in Lagos.
“Two additional bodies including a four-year-old boy and a female youth corps member recovered, making 10 deaths.
“The number of rescued occupants remains 23, while six males and four females have been so far recovered dead,” Farinloye told NAN.
Recall that a three-storey building collapsed Sunday at about 10.56 p.m. on 24 Ibadan Street, Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute Meta, Lagos.
However, rescue operations are still ongoing at the site of the incident in search of occupants trapped under the rubble.
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