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Collapsed Ikoyi skyscraper: Rescue team in contact with trapped victims

Collapsed Ikoyi skyscraper: Rescue team in contact with trapped victims - Photo/Image

 

 

 

 

 

 

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it has established contact with some of the victims trapped in the 21-Storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi.

Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA Coordinator, South West, disclosed this to newsmen as the rescue operation in search of the victims intensified.

Farinloye said that the victim, who spoke to one of his relatives and confirmed by the rescue team, said some of them gathered around the mustard point in the building when it collapsed.

He noted that rescue operations has been intensified, but with caution, to ensure that victims who were still alive would come out unhurt.

The 21-storey building collapsed around 2pm on Monday with scores of people trapped in the building.

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