The Chief Executive Officer of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi area of Lagos state, Fourscore Homes Limited, Femi Osibona has been found dead inside the rubbles on Thursday.
As at the time of filling this report, nine people have been rescued, while at least 38 have been confirmed dead.
According to Rescue workers who spoke with Journalists on Thursday evening, Osibona corpse was recovered from the rubbles some minutes ago after painstaking efforts from the emergency responders
There have been concerns over the whereabouts of Osibona, Wale Bob-Oseni, his friend, and others trapped in the building.
Bob-Oseni, who was to catch a flight to the US, briefly made a detour to see the project on the invitation of the developer but did not walk out alive.
DAILY GIST had reported how A 21- storey building that was under construction collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday.
Officials of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, are currently at the scene of the incident to salvage the lives of those trapped.
It was gathered that more than 50 people were at the site when the incident occurred