Ikoyi building collapse: Death toll rises to 22

Emergency workers have recovered two more bodies from the rubble of the collapsed building in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The recovery of two more bodies, three days after the building collapsed, takes the death toll to 22, with search and rescue operations ongoing.

Nine persons have been rescued so far.

The building – a high-rise under construction located along Gerrard Road in the nation’s commercial hub – collapsed in the afternoon on Monday.

It remains unclear the total number of people in the building at the time of the collapse. But witnesses say dozens may have been trapped.

Rescue operation so far has accounted for 31 people – nine alive and 22 dead.

In the aftermath of the collapse, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu directed that the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki, be suspended from work indefinitely.