By Linus Akomolafe
Twelve victims trapped have been rescued from the rubbles of a 21- storey building whcih collapsed on Monday afternoon.
Emergency responders including men of National Emergency Management Agency made the rescue at about 2pm on Tuesday as efforts are on going to rescue over 30 more victims said to be trapped in the rubbles.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, during a visit to the site on Tuesday revealed that the building had been sealed for four months before Monday’s incident.
While confirming the rescue of two, he said they are currently being treated at a hospital.He said: “this is now a search and rescue operation and our mission is to get people out of here. This morning we took out two people and they are doing well in the hospital. Totally we’ve taken nine people out and they are in the hospital and some have been discharged and we’ve sadly taken out 10 dead bodies
“The operation as you can see is going on and we will not leave until we are able to account for everybody. We are responsible for the people of the state, our focus is on saving lives.”
He added that “this place was sealed for about four months sometime last year from July to November because our agency came in to do structural test and saw some anomalies and shut it down and said those things should be corrected.”
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