Yaba Building Collapse: 1 More Body Recovered, Death Toll Rises To 4

The Yaba building collapse death toll has increased as one more dead body was on Sunday morning recovered from the three-storey building that collapsed in the Yaba area of Lagos, bringing the total casualty figure to four.

Zonal Coordinator South-West, National Emergency Management Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.
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Farinloye said that out of the two survivors of the collapsed building, only one of them was actually trapped while the second person, a teenager, escaped by luck after he complained of hunger saving him from the tragedy of the Yaba building collapse.
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Recall so far, three persons were confirmed dead and about four others including a security guard and construction workers were reportedly trapped on Saturday after a three-storey building under construction on Akanbi Crescent, in the Yaba area of Lagos collapsed. It was learnt that a worker, identified only as Sunday, was rescued from the rubble. The incident, which occurred around 3.30 pm, was coming barely three months after a 21-storey building in Ikoyi, owned by the late Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Femi Osibona, collapsed, trapping over 50 persons.

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