A total of six bodies have been recovered from the building collapse in Lagos.

Four more bodies have been recovered Monday after a seven-storey building collapsed in Lagos.

Olufemi Osanyintolu confirmed the death toll to PREMIUM TIMES.

He also said that they have approached ground zero.

Background

Six persons were said to have been trapped after the building collapsed at Palace Estate, Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lagos on Sunday.

On Sunday, two bodies were carried out of the rubble and deposited at the morgue by the emergency responders.

This brings the total number of bodies recovered to six.

Idris Salako, a former commissioner for physical planning and urban development told journalists that despite official orders to halt construction at the site, the developer refused to yield.

He said the developer has been hostile to officials.

Mr Salako tendered his resignation letter shortly after the building collapse incident.

In Lagos, the news of buildings collapsing has become a usual occurrence.

In November, at least 44 people died when a high-rise building crumbled.

In May, eight bodies were recovered after a three-storey building collapsed in Ebute-Metta.

Another building in the Ago Palace Way area of Lagos State collapsed on May 7.

August also recorded another building collapse leading to the death of two children.