A three-storey building still under construction has collapsed into another building beside it on Akanbi Crescent in the Yaba area of Lagos State.
According to PUNCH, an eyewitness said 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, said 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.
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.
Details later…