Oyogist has learned that the death toll following the collapse of a three-storey building in Yaba, Lagos has risen to five.
The bodies of the deceased persons were recovered from the rubble of the building which collapsed on Saturday, Feb. 12.
One of the lifeless bodies which was recovered yesterday, Feb. 13, was Identified as a student on industrial training, raising the death toll to five.
The building on Akanbi Crescent, close to the University of Lagos, Yaba, was under construction when it collapsed on Saturday.
First responders from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency arrived at the scene to begin rescue operations.
According to the PRO, the recovered persons from the rubble were two adult males while the “five dead persons were also males”.
