"RETRIEVAL OPERATION"Ī friend of another victim who did not want to be identified "because it won't change anything", said that "what they are doing is a retrieval operation not a rescue operation".īut emergency service official Farinloye said that rescuers "won't give up until we reach ground zero", adding that bigger equipment was brought in Tuesday evening for the operation. "It is like they have made their decision already," she said. She was angry with the slow pace of the daily rescue efforts, which on Wednesday had not started as of 8.30am. He was meant to fly back on Monday when the tragedy happened.
Her brother lives in the US state of Maryland but had been home for the past few months and was visiting a friend working on the building site, she said. "He took me in like his own daughter," she added. Wearing the same grey hoodie, black shorts and flip flops since Monday, Otunla looked sad, her eyes empty, as she recalled how her much older brother had acted like a father. When she heard news of the disaster on Monday, she immediately rushed to the scene from her home in neighbouring Ogun state.
Distraught relatives and friends of the victims have been waiting at the scene since Monday, seeking information on their fate.ĭamilola Otunla, 29, sat on the pavement across the street on Wednesday pursuing a three-day vigil for her brother Bob-Oseni Wale, 50, believed to have been inside the building when it collapsed.
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