Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu has said it is extremely tough to rescue victims from the Ikoyi Building collapse alive adding that the chance of survival is almost impossible.
The governor, made this assertion when he spoke to reporters during a late night visit to the building collapse site on Friday.
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The governor said the the process of clearing the rubble have started which will help to create more space adding that the work at the collapse building site has got to the phase where using earth-moving equipment is becoming very difficult.
Recall that the State Government had declared three days mourning over the Ikoyi building collapse, which is said to have claimed 42 lives with 9 survivors.
Also, officials confirmed bodies recovered from the collapsed Ikoyi building were ready for identification, calling on families of the deceased to go to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Yaba for identification of their loved ones.
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The building – a high-rise under construction by Fourscore Homes, a Lagos-based real estate firm and located along Gerrard Road.
The owner and developer, Femi Osibona, is reported to have also died in the incident.
