By Chiemelie Ezeobi
No fewer than two person were feared dead today in Lagos when a three-storey building at no 24 Kabiru Street, Ojodu-Berger, said to be under construction collapsed. As at press time, although one body had been recovered, five other persons were said to be still trapped in the rubbles of the collapsed building.
It was gathered that the trapped victims are construction workers who were contracted to work on the building by the church which owns the property. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-west Zone, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, said only one body was recovered.
He said, "The emergency team moved in immediately when information filtered in about the collapsed building. We gathered that five persons were trapped in the building and already our search tap located one body which we have recovered.
"The search tap also located three other persons at a different location and we are working assiduously towards rescue them so we are going to work overnight. "
Debunking claims that the five persons had suffocated to death, Farinloye said they were in contact with one of those trapped inside the rubbles who was giving them updates on their conditions.
He said, "We just got a voice under the rubbles and rescue operation is ongoing to get him out without jeopardising others who are also buried underground with him.
"Although the voice was communicating in Hausa language, we had to get an interpreter who related whatever he was saying to us. He confirmed that five of them were trapped together."
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