A 45-year old woman on Tuesday walked out alive from the rubbles of the
collapsed building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos, a
rescue worker has said.
Ibrahim Farinloye, the Public Relations Officer of the National Emergency
Management Agency, South-West Zone, told journalists in Lagos that the woman
walked out on her own at 2:00 a.m.Farinloye did not give the identity of the
woman.He said that death toll from the building collapse had increased to 59.
As at Monday, the death toll was 49.Farinloye said that 131 persons had been
rescued alive.
“A woman of about 45 years old walked out of the rubbles on her own around
2a.m today, while 10 more bodies were recovered, leaving 59 dead and 131
rescued alive,” Farinloye said.
He said that the rescue workers were likely to recover more bodies.
NAN reports that the emergency responders at the scene of the collapsed
building on Tuesday deployed three police sniffer dogs to help to locate
trapped victims.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, had on Monday
approved the use of the sniffer dogs for the rescue operation.Vehicles
conveying the dogs to the scene reportedly broke down on its way.Farinloye said
that the rescue exercise might be concluded on Tuesday.
It would be recalled that the building collapse on Friday 12 September.
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