Body Of IT Student Recovered In Collapsed Three-Storey Building As Death Toll Rises To Five

The body of IT student has been recovered in collapsed three-storey building as death toll rises to five.

Glamtush reports that the body of a student on industrial training was, on Sunday evening, recovered from the collapsed three-storey building at Yaba area of Lagos, raising the death toll to five.

This online platform learnt that the Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos State.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that relatives of the IT student, simply identified as Damola, told the emergency rescue team that their son reported to duty the day the building collapsed and had yet to be found.

The clue came about the time the rescue and recovery operation was to be concluded, having rescued two persons and recovered four bodies from the rubble of the collapsed building.