The death toll from the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday has risen from the previously reported 22 to 36.
Roving Naija gathered that out of the 36 unfortunate deaths recorded so far, three of them are female and the other 33 are all male.
The Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the South-West Region, Ibrahim Farinloye, who gave the update said out of the nine persons rescued, one of them is a lady while eight others are men.
He said: “Out of the survivors, we have one female and eight male. Out of the dead, we have three female and 33 male dead bodies
“Rescue work is still ongoing and more hands have joined the rescue team,” he added.
The building under construction at Gerrard road in the highbrow area of Lagos collapsed on Monday, leaving the owner and some construction workers under the rubbles.
Some families searching for their loved ones on Wednesday lamented that they were denied access to the Mainland Hospital mortuary, Yaba, where the recovered bodies were taken to.
The suspended General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, Gbolahan Oki, on Monday, stated that the collapsed structure was approved as a 15-storey building, and not 21.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, said the panel set up by the government would look into the issue.
He said, “The governor has set up a panel of experts to look at what happened and that will be part of the things that the panel will try to determine. Tomorrow (Thursday), we are going to inaugurate the panel.”
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