Breaking: One dead, as 5 storey building collapses in Lagos

Lagosians woke up Tuesday to a breaking news that a five-storey building had collapsed at the Chisco bus-stop opposite Oando Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said one person is confirmed dead and four rescued alive. NEMA spokesperson, Ibrahim Farinloye, said rescue operations on.

Additional report credited to the spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said that three more dead bodies have been recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building at the Chisco bus-stop, opposite Oando Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, bringing the casualty figure to four.

According to Farinloye, the lucky survivors are now five, adding that rescue operations is still on as at the time of this report.

-Emmanuel Ikechukwu