The building which collapsed on Sunday in Lagos State has recorded a death toll of eight persons, Anaedoonline.ng can confirm.
According to the officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, emergency responders recovered one more body.
20 people were rescued while giving an update Monday morning.
LASEMA spokesman, Nosa Dokubor gave the breakdown as “10 seriously injured and taken to Lagos Island General Hospital, 10 mildly injured and treated at the scene. Eight fatalities.”
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The cause of the collapse of the three-storey building under construction in the Obalende area of Lagos State is still yet to be determined.
It is learnt that some labourers were working on the third floor of the building. Some of them who are Muslims were observing prayers when the tragedy struck.
The building had earlier been sealed off by the Lagos State Building Control Agency.
A source, who spoke with newsmen, said despite the sealing off of the building by LASBCA, the workers used a roofing sheet to shield the site to continue the work.
The source stated, “The work at the site is illegal because LASBCA had sealed off the place so those working there operated against the law. To achieve their purpose, they used a roofing sheet to cover the whole structure, and by so doing, nobody knew that they were working on the site.
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“What some of those, who survived, said was that some people are still trapped in the rubble as they were praying when the building collapsed. We don’t know if they are alive or dead, but that is what some of the survivors said.”
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