Fifty two pupils are said to have been rescued from the collapsed building at Itafaji area of Lagos Island.
Confiance News gathered that as at the time of filing in the report, the number of people killed during the collapse of the building had not been confirmed.
An unconfirmed source at the scene of the incident at Itafaji area of Lagos Island told the newspot reporter that the number of people that lost their lives were being kept confidential until the rescue mission would be nearing completion.
He said the building was both residential and school.
Efforts are in progress to rescue trapped victims.
A top police boss told PM News that the building housed a school and that many of those affected were pupils.
The school was said to be located on the last floor of the three-storey building on Lagos Island.
A source at the Island Maternity Hospital told PM News that many injured pupils were being brought to the hospital as well as those feared dead.
Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, officers of the Rapid Respond Squad, RRS, and other rescue agencies are on ground to rescue victims.
(Newspot Nigeria)
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