The Lagos State Government, on Friday, announced the removal of one body from the unapproved 7 story building that collapsed at Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
In a press statement issued by the Commissioner of Information, Lagos State, Gbenga Omotosho, said the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) workers\u2019 unearthed the remains of the adult male hitherto unaccounted for by site supervisors.<\/p>\n
According to him, 25 persons were rescued from the site when the building went down on Wednesday.
\n\u201cOne body has been recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building at 1st Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi. Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) workers\u2019 search and recovery efforts unearthed the remains of the adult male hitherto unaccounted for by site supervisors. The excavation of the site, using the architectural designs, continues.\u201d<\/p>\n
The site, according to the statement, has been divided into quadrants for a painstaking search and rescue operation. Quadrants 2 and 3 have been levelled to ground zero, with the search operation completed. Quadrant 4 is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Th statement added that 25 people were rescued from the site when the building went down on Wednesday. They are all doing fine. When a roll call was done by the site supervisors, everyone was accounted for. Nobody could ascertain whether the victim whose body was found this morning was on the site \u2013 as of the time the roll call was taken.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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