Yemisi Izuora
Two persons died early morning today when a three storey building collapsed.
According to Ibrahim Farinloye spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, South West, the three storey building collapsed at 20 Freeman street Lagos Island at about 3 : 00 a.m
Farinloye gave the total number of rescued persons as 8 rescued while 2 were revovered dead.
Operations have ended but clearance and removal of rubbles continue, he said.
According to him, 9 to 10 are people believed to be living in the building
A man who is said to be the father of the children was rescued.
The last person who is a woman was rescued alive.
The affected families just newly moved into the building as the previous occupants had moved out with the excuses that renovation would be carried out.
But it was alleged that the developer brought in these affected population while renovation works are syill ongoing