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One confirmed dead in the church building collapse in Delta State, raising the death toll to four.

One more person has been confirmed dead in the church building collapse in Delta State, raising the death toll to four. Reports say on Wednesday that three persons were killed after the building collapsed on Tuesday at Okpanam community in Oshimili North Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. Hours after the report, the Commissioner of Information in the state, Charles Aniagwu, confirmed to newsmen that one of the injured victims had died.

Those who were confirmed dead earlier included a woman and two girls, while the new death recorded was also a child whose gender is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in Delta, Bright Edafe, had also confirmed that 18 other people trapped in the rubble were rescued.

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