The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the recovery of two dead bodies and rescue of 23 persons from the rubles of a three-storey building that collapsed in Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.
The South West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Farinloye, who spoke in the early hours of Monday, said the recovered bodies were those of a mother and her child, while the rescued persons included seven children and 16 adults.
He said: “Nine of those rescued alive have been treated and discharged.
“They returned to the scene, but have been taken away for proper custody, while psycho-social and post trauma counselling are being arranged for them by the Nigerian Red Cross.”
NAN reports that a three-Storey building collapsed at 24, Ibadan Street, Herbert Macaulay Way, Oyingbo on Sunday at about 10.56pm.
Rescue operations were still ongoing at the site as at the time of this report.
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