A three-storey building still under construction on Akanbi
Crescent in the Yaba area of Lagos State has collapsed.
It was gathered that there were possible casualties stuck in
the building.
The building collapsed into another building beside it.
According to an eyewitness, a part of the building had
collapsed late last year, but the construction did not stop.
Another eyewitness on Lawani Street, a street off the scene of the incident, told our correspondent that her car was affected last year when a section of the building collapsed. However, construction continued despite the police being called in.
The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident.
At press time, only a 16-year-old boy and another adult male have come out of the rubble while there is an unconfirmed number still trapped in the collapsed building.
