Teachers, students escape death as four-storey school building collapses in Lagos

Students and teachers of a school in the Ogba area, on Monday, narrowly escaped death after a four-storey building housing the institution collapsed minutes after they evacuated the structure.

The building was said to have caved in around noon, less than three minutes after students and staff were moved out of the premises.

The building is located at 11 Adudatu street, behind County Hospital, in the Aguda area of Ogba.

Lagos has in recent times experienced building collapses.

The cause of the collapse is yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report.