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Update: Death toll in collapsed Yaba building rises to 5

The death toll at the site of the collapsed three-storey building in the Yaba area of Lagos has risen to five.

Three bodies were recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building on Saturday, Feb. 12.

Two more were recovered on Sunday, Feb. 13. One of the bodies was that of a student on industrial training, raising the death toll to five.

As of Saturday night, three people had been confirmed dead.

Two people were rescued, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Public Relations Officer, Okunbor Nosa.

The building on Akanbi Crescent, close to the University of Lagos, Yaba, was under construction when it collapsed on Saturday.

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