Corper running away from Boko Haram dies in Lagos building collapse

Body of a 26-year-old lady, Zainab Sanni Oyindamola who was redeployed from Borno state for the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at Fourscore Homes Limited, has been confirmed dead.

The corps member was one of those who lost their lives to the building collapse in the Ikoyi area of Lagos.

The lifeless body of Zainab was pulled out from the rubble on Wednesday, November 3, dashing the hope of her family members who had been at the scene waiting for good news.

According to reports, the young lady was initially deployed to Borno State but her mother got her redeployed to Lagos due to insecurity in the North.

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The deceased was among the six corps members deployed to the company. But while others narrowly escaped death on the fateful day, Oyindamola got trapped in the rubble.

A source at the NYSC said Oyindamola was the only corps member who died in the incident.

“Oyin as she was fondly called was a 2021 batch B corps member who was originally deployed to Maiduguri but got a redeployment to Lagos after the three-week orientation,” the source said.

A family member, who spoke with journalists at the scene of the incident, said Oyindamola resumed work at the company about three weeks ago.

“She has been coming here since then. We don’t even know why they sent her here. She was originally posted to Borno but her mother redeployed her. If we had known, we would have allowed her to continue her youth service in that state, the family source said.

“We asked her not to go to Borno because of the insurgency but she went there for the three-week orientation and came back alive only to come and die. She was a very humble and respectful girl, she would greet everybody when she arrived from work every day. She is the first daughter of her mother and they are just two.”

The death toll in the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday on Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State has risen to 36.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Coordinator, South-west, Ibrahim Farinloye, gave the update on Thursday.

The building crumbled around 2 p.m. when workers were on the site.