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By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
One more dead body was on Sunday morning recovered from the three-storey building that collapsed in the Yaba area of Lagos State, bringing the total casualty figure to four.
South West Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.
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.
He said that the building collapsed a few minutes after the teenager left the structure to go and buy food.
The NEMA Zonal Coordinator added that residents of the area mobilised resources to rescue the only survivor from the rubble.
Farinloye said that the operation has been concluded.
He said that rescue and recovery operation was carried out by NEMA, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency(LASEMA), fire service, and the Police
Recall that a three storey building on Saturday collapsed at No. 16, Akanbi Crescent, off Adesina Street, Harvey, Sabo, Yaba area of Lagos, trapping five persons.