The last survivors were rescued from the site Tuesday.
Forty-three people are now confirmed dead following the collapse of a luxury apartment high-rise this week that was under construction in Nigeria’s most populous city. Femi Osibona, director of Fourscore Homes, the real estate company behind the 21-story Lagos building, was among the additional seven recovered bodies, Nigerian Red Cross official Segun Akande told the Associated Press Friday. The last survivors were rescued from the site Tuesday, a day after the tragic toppling that occurred when an estimated 100 or so construction workers were on the site. Nine survivors rescued Monday were said to be in stable condition. Dozens are believed to still be missing in the rubble. Ekene Iwuozor, who earned about $5 daily for his work at the site, said that the majority of the construction workers were young and from southern Benin City, nearly 200 miles southeast of Lagos.
