The death toll in the collapsed three-storey building in the Yaba area of Lagos has risen to four.
The death toll in the collapsed structure hit four after a body was recovered from the building on Sunday morning.
The latest development was made known by the Zonal Coordinator South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, on Sunday.
Farinloye disclosed that out of the two survivors of the collapsed building, only one of them was trapped while the second person, a teenager, escaped by a sheer luck after he complained of hunger.
The NEMA Zonal Coordinator added that the building collapsed few minutes after the teenager left the structure to go and buy food.
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He further stated that residents of the area mobilised resources to rescue the only survivor from the rubble.
While noting that the operation has been concluded, Farinloye said that rescue and recovery operation was carried out by NEMA, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the fire service and the police.
The Star, on Saturday, reported that a three-storey building under construction in the Yaba area of Lagos State had collapsed.
The building on Akanbi Crescent in Yaba, it was gathered, collapsed into another building beside it.
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