Two additional occupants of the ill-fated three-storey building that collapsed in Ojodu Berger axis of Lagos State have been recovered under the rubbles by emergency rescue team, increasing the death toll to seven.
As gathered, the two occupants were recovered under the rubbles by the emergency rescue team barely two days after the structure under construction caved in on them with 15 injured others on admission in different hospitals in Lagos.
The two additional bodies were recovered under the rubbles on Monday during the team’s removal of the debris and other property from the scene of the tragedy that has marred the Easter celebration in the state.
Eyewitnesses told The Guild that the recovered bodies have been handed over to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) for proper protection and deposition to a morgue.
Confirming the casualties figure, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, explained that the deceased includes five adult females and two adult males.
Oke-Osanyintolu stressed that with the news discovery, the emergency team would be embarking on another phase of search and rescue operations at the scene.
