Sad! Death toll rise to 40 in Synagogue building collapse! |

124 people have so far been rescued alive from the rubble of the building said to be a guest house for foreign followers of the church. 

The building collapsed as construction work was going on to raise the 2-storey building to a five storey building.

"It’s now 40 dead,” NEMA southwest coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye, told AFP by text message.