Four persons have so far been rescued alive from the 21-storey building that collapsed today in Ikoyi area of Lagos State.
This is as four dead bodies have also been removed from the ruins.
According to reports from the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, the disaster response unit of the Nigeria Army and Airforce were being deployed to assist in the rescue operation.
It is believed that many people were still trapped in the building as at the time of filing this report.
