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BREAKING: Death Toll Of Ikoyi Collapsed Building Rises To 36

The death toll in the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday on Gerrard Road, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, has increased to 36.

Confirming the development on Thursday morning, the South-West Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, (NEMA) said that 33 of the fatalities were men while the three others were women.

“So far, 36 people – 33 males and three female — have been confirmed dead, while there were nine survivors,” NEMA Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, Ibrahim Farinloye, said in a terse statement.

It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government has commenced an immediate investigation into the circumstances that resulted in the 16 floors building that collapsed in the Ikoyi axis of the state.

It said that the investigations would unravel the circumstances that resulted in the building that collapsed and killed over three artisans that were working at the site

According to the government, the outcome of the investigation being sponsored by taxpayers’ money would public for everyone to know what transpires before and after the building came down.

The investigations into the incident commenced less than 24 hours after the building was under construction and owned by one Femi Osibona, through his company, Fourscore Heights Limited.

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