The deceased was identified as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), a bread seller, her adult foster son, David, an elderly woman, Iya Tahin with her son, Tahin, an elderly man with hearing impairment, and another woman, according to LEADERSHIP.

According to Ibrahim Farinloye, acting Southwest Coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the bread seller was praying Salat, an Islamic prayer, when the structure collapsed.

Search and rescue operations were still underway at the scene, according to Farinloye.

To avert another tragedy, another three-storey building located about 200 meters from the one that collapsed has been sealed off by emergency workers and its occupants evacuated.

The sealing of the building said to be on 100 Lagos Street, followed obvious distress signs noticed by rescuers who immediately alerted government officials and was sealed off.

Although the said building was previously marked as distressed by officials of the Lagos State Buildings Control Agency (LABSCA), its occupants were said to have been deviant until they were forcefully evacuated on Monday.

According to the zonal coordinator South-West, (NEMA), Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, the recovered bodies were those of a mother and her child, while the rescued persons included seven children and 16 adults.

Farinloye, who earlier stated that nine of those rescued alive were treated and released, also stated that they returned to the scene, which happened to be their home but were whisked away for proper custody while the Nigerian Red Cross arranges for psychosocial and post-traumatic counseling.