Following the tragic collapse of the Ikoyi 21 storey building in Lagos, emergency workers have recovered two more bodies from the rubble of the structure.
The recovery of more bodies, three days after the building collapsed, takes the death toll to 22, with search and rescue operations ongoing.
So far, only nine persons have reportedly been rescued from the site.
The building – a high-rise under construction located along Gerrard Road in the nation’s commercial hub – collapsed on Monday afternoon.
There is no yet official information of the total number of people in the building at the time of the collapse.
But those around the scene of the tragic fall of the building say dozens may have been trapped.
So far, the rescue operation has accounted for 31 people – nine alive and 22 dead.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki indefinitely a day after the collapse.
The governor also announced that an independent panel will probe and investigate the remote and immediate causes of the incident, as well as make recommendations on how to prevent future collapses.
This is in addition to an internal probe the state government is already conducting.
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