The death toll at the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos, is now 42, according to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.
He gave the figures last night and said that the number of survivors had risen to 15.
The governor said four more bodies were recovered yesterday, thus bringing the total death toll 42.
“Now, we have a total of 42 bodies that have been recovered and we have nine survivors, however, we have additional six people that we have also been able to identify that they were on-site and they were treated at the police hospital in Falomo so, we have a total of 15 survivors,” he said.
Mr. Sanwo-Olu visited the site in the company with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State.
The governor said that 49 families so far have filed the missing persons’ register as of Saturday morning.
He said this had helped the state government to reconcile the details of victims rescued alive and also medically account for bodies recovered.
He said that a sum of money has been set aside “for succour and to give for befitting burial for those who died in the incident. Families that so wish to accept it are being supported for the burial arrangement”.
“Also, survivors in hospitals have been given the financial support to help them settle and cope with challenges of feeding in the aftermath of the incident.”
The search and rescue operation continues today at the site.
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