Scene of the incident after the conclusion of rescue operations on Friday. Photo: LASEMA
The death toll from the three-storey building that collapsed in the Alakija area along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway has risen to nine following the conclusion of rescue operations.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed in a statement on Friday that 27 people were rescued alive from the rubble.
PUNCH Online had reported that the building collapsed at about 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, prompting an emergency response by rescue agencies.
The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, had earlier said a coordinated rescue operation was underway to locate and extricate victims trapped beneath the debris.
