The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that two children were trapped and died in a collapsed building situated at 46, Gafari Balogun Street, Ogudu in Lagos State, after Wednesday’s heavy downpour.
Its Director-General, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, told the News of Nigeria in Lagos that the LASEMA Response Team brought out the remains of the victims within two hours of operations.
Oke-Osanyintolu said the LRT received a distress call at 12:40pm of a collapsed building at the aforementioned location.
He said: “On arrival at the scene by agency responders, it was observed that a building collapsed as a result of a mud slide at the rear of the building caused by heavy rainfall.
“We were informed that two children, one male and one female, were trapped and immediately commenced a search and rescue operation.
“Unfortunately, they were found dead and their remains were transported to the mortuary.”
Oke-Osanyintolu said that integrity test would be conducted on the remainder of the building, which had now been cordoned off by the Lagos State Building Control Agency.