Three-storey building under construction collapses in Yaba, Lagos

 Three-storey building under construction collapses in Yaba, Lagos

By Joseph Ayinde

A three-storey building still under construction on Akanbi Crescent in the Yaba area of Lagos State has collapsed, and 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.

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident.

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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