The death toll from the collapse of the three-storey building on Oremeta Street in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos State has risen to five.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that 15 people have so far been rescued.
The building housing a local restaurant collapsed at about 8 am on Saturday, leaving an unspecified number of people trapped beneath the rubble.
It was learnt that the building had been under construction.The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Operations Office, responded to a distress alert received in the early hours of Saturday, April 19, 2025, regarding a building collapse on Ore Meta Street, Ojodu, Lagos…
Similarly, in a statement on its X handle titled, ‘NEMA RESPONDS TO BUILDING COLLAPSE IN OJODU, LAGOS,’ the agency said rescue efforts continued in the early hours of Sunday.
“NEMA, in collaboration with other emergency response agencies and local volunteers, immediately launched a search and rescue operation using both light and heavy-duty equipment.
“Rescue efforts continued into the early hours of Sunday, April 20, 2025, resulting in the rescue of 15 individuals and the recovery of 5 bodies, bringing the total number of persons accounted for to 20. After a brief two-hour pause, operations resumed following reports that one person may still be missing,” the statement read in part.
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