Synagogue Church building collapse: Death toll, 46...Sniffer dogs to be deployed for rescue operations

As the death toll from Friday’s collapse of the building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations rose to 46 Monday afternoon, emergency workers have decided to deploy police sniffer dogs to the site to assist in the search and rescue of trapped bodies. 130 people have been rescued so far.

In a message reported by Premium Times, Ibrahim Farinloye, Spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said: “We are deploying Nigeria Police Sniffer dogs to assist in locating trapped victims as we are getting close to area suspected to have more people trapped.

“The Commissioner of Police has ordered release of five dogs after a collective decision to use the dogs by responding agencies and NEMA asked the Police’ Disaster Management Unit to facilitate to manage the dogs immediately”

He added that,“the dogs will assist in search and rescue faster and help in early conclusion of the operations,”

The collapsed building inside the church’s premises was a five storey building which initially was two-storey and the church decided to add three additional floors on it.

Source: Premium Times