Death Toll In Lagos Building Collapse Rises To Eight

October 12, 2020.

• The death toll in the building collapse that occurred in Lagos State on Sunday has increased to eight.

Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, said one more body was recovered by emergency responders.

LASEMA spokesperson, Mr Nosa Okunbor, also stated that 20 people were rescued while giving an update Monday morning.

He gave the breakdown as “10 seriously injured and taken to Lagos Island General Hospital, 10 mildly injured and treated at the scene, with Eight fatalities.”

Ekohotblog reports that a three-storey building under construction collapsed in the Obalende area of Lagos State on Sunday.

Though the cause of the collapse is yet to be given, it was learnt that the building was under construction when it collapsed..

Ekohotblog gathered that labourers were working on the third floor of the building, which had earlier been sealed off by the Lagos State Building Control Agency, when it caved in, trapped and killed some of them.

A caution tape used in sealing off the building was sighted by our correspondent.

However, based on the account of some rescued victims, it was gathered that some of the labourers,. were said to be Muslims, who were observing prayers when the tragedy struck.

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A source despite the sealing off of the building by LASBCA, the workers used a roofing sheet to shield the site to continue the work.

“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, the survivors said.”