UPDATE: Four dead, four rescued in Ikoyi collapsed building

No fewer than four persons have so far been rescued while four others were brought out dead from the rubble at the 21-storey building that collapse on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday.

NAN reports that many are feared trapped as the storey building under construction collapsed in Ikoyi.

NEMA team and that of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are still on ground trying to rescue trapped workers.

Effort is ongoing to ensure more rescue as of the time of filing this report.