Collapsed: Four dead, one rescued
...Building falls during conversion —Residents AS the rescue operation at the site of the three-story building that collapsed on Freeman Street, Lagos Island, on Saturday, May 21, hit ground zero, an 18-year-old boy, simply identified as Matthew, was among the five persons that were rescued. It was gathered that four people died in the collapsed building that was undergoing conversion into a three-storey building. The last survivor, Matthew, who was miraculously rescued from ground zero of the building and rushed to the hospital, was said to have been away from work due to sickness before that Saturday, when he resumed. A resident, despite that all hope was lost, he was miraculously rescued from ground the building and rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Giving an update on the rescue operations, Ibrahim Farinloye, zonal coordinator, South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said five people were rescued. “The building crumbled during a downpour at a...