Three persons have been reportedly trapped under the rubbles of a building that collapsed at the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday night.
Acting Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency,NEMA, Southwest, Ibrahim Farinloye who confirmed the incident said the building, located at 97 Lagos Road, Harina, Ikorodu, collapsed around 10 p.m. on Monday.
Mr Farinloye said operations are ongoing to locate the persons trapped in the building.
He disclosed that two persons who sustained various degrees of injuries have been rescued and taken to the Ikorodu General Hospital,were they are receiving medical treatment.
He said though residents of the area, the fire service and Police responded, they were unable to do much due to unavailability of equipment to lift the rumble on the suspected location of the trapped victims.
Farinloye added that the affected building is an abandoned one, whose owner had asked the occupants to leave but some remained without the owner’s consent.
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