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The death toll recorded in the building collapse, which happened on Wednesday, at Oriwu Street in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State, has increased to four.

This was confirmed in a statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Thursday.

“Two more dead bodies brought out of the rubble this morning,” he stated in the statement sent to our correspondent.

PUNCH Metro reported that six people were rescued while two bodies were recovered after the building collapsed on Wednesday.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, in a statement by its Permanent Secretary, Damilola Oke-Osanyitolu, on Wednesday, said the incident happened at about 4pm.