Update: Death toll rises to 57 after Synagogue Church building collapse – NEMA

by Akan Ido

Reports coming out collapsed building site within the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) indicate that eight more people have died, bringing to fifty-seven the number of bodies recovered from the Guest House which collapsed on Friday. More people remain trapped underneath the rubble.

Police sniffer dogs have been deployed by search and rescue personnel in the hope of locating more people under the wreckage.

Rescue workers also said a woman walked out of the rubble at about 2 am on Tuesday.

According to officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the woman whose name was not given, came out of the restaurant and only sustained injury on her waist.

An earlier visit to the Alimosho General Hospital by YNaija showed that victims who had been taken there had been discharged.

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