UPDATE: 62 people confirmed dead in Synagogue Church of All Nations building collapse

The death toll from last Friday’s collapse of a guesthouse belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos has risen to 62 as at Tuesday afternoon.

This was confirmed by southwest coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye.

His words:“We have so far 62 people dead and 133 people have been rescued alive. Rescue efforts are still continuing but we hope they will come to an end tomorrow (Wednesday). We have reached a critical stage now and more survivors are likely to be brought out of the rubble"

The guesthouse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos’ Ikotun neighbourhood collapsed on Friday, leaving scores trapped in the debris.

Farinloye earlier said rescuers extracted a woman alive from the building’s rubble Tuesday morning.
She was able to walk away from the collapse with just a broken wrist. The discovery prompted rescuers to slow down their digging in the wreckage of the guesthouse.

The hostel housed Nigerian and foreign followers of the popular preacher and televangelist T.B. Joshua.