EKO HOT BLOG reports that a three-story building still under construction on Akanbi Crescent in the Yaba area of Lagos State has collapsed with many people trapped inside.
Reports say there are possible casualties stuck in the building.
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The building collapsed into another building beside it.
An eyewitness revealed that a part of the building had collapsed late last year, but the construction did not stop.
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A resident of number 29, Lawani Street, a street off the scene of the incident newsmen that her car was affected last year, when a section of the building collapsed, however, construction continued despite the police being called in.
EKOHOTBLOG gathered that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Response Unit was called to the scene but had yet to arrive at the time of writing this report.
So far, 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.
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