Death Toll Rises In Lagos Collapsed Two Storey Building

By Akinwale Kasali

No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead including additional construction worker whose body have been recovered under the rubbles of a two-storey building undetcergoing construction in Otta-Ona axis of Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The three workers were confirmed dead by the Lagos State Emergency Agency, LASEMA, team, with their bodies identified by their colleagues to have been on the ground floor of the ill-fated structure when it caved in on them during construction in the state.

LASEMA confirmed the bodies of deceaseds as two male adults and a teenage girl.

As gathered, one of the victims’ body was recovered a few hours after the building collapsed while the others were said to have been brought out under the rubbles during the early hours on Wednesday.

It was learnt that the two additional other bodies were recovered by the emergency team hours after the building caved in yesterday at about 2pm with a loud bang that attracted residents to the scene.

Confirming the death toll to newsmen, the Permanent Secretary for LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said that the bodies have been handed over to the officers from the Igbogbo Police Station to aid their investigation on the ill-fated building.