Reportedly One person was confirmed dead and six others rescued after a three-storey building collapsed at number 20 Freeman street in Lagos Island today Saturday, July 11.


According to reports, occupants were fast asleep when the building collapsed.

At the time of reporting this, Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning, Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASSMBUS) and many others had arrived the scene of the incident.


Ibrahim Farinloye, the Southwest Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Said;

Six persons have been rescued from the rubbles and are currently receiving medical attention while the body of a young boy has been recovered from the rumbles and deposited in a morgue.

“Nine to 10 people are suggested to be living in the building. Efforts are on to rescue the remaining people,”

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