Metro UPDATE: Lekki Building Collapse Death Toll Rises to 18

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The number of dead people from the collapsed five-storey building in Lekki area of Lagos, has risen to 18. Among them is a woman and her baby.

The number by 4:00pm on Tuesday was 10 but it increased to 18 as at 9:15pm.

Rescue officials have continued to recover dead bodies since in the morning, Michael Akindele, General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA said.

He said survivor figure has also moved to 13, noting that, the survivors have been transferred to hospitals by the Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS while the deceased were being packed by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, SEHMU to be taken to the mortuary.


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