VIDEO: ‘Many trapped’ as three-storey building collapses in Lagos

A three-story building has collapsed at Ibadan street, Ebutte Meta, Lagos state.

Many people are said to have been trapped in the rubble, following the collapse of the building on Sunday.

Operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), and the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) are currently at the scene of the accident.

According to the Lagos Fire Service, search and rescue are currently under way.

The incident is the second Yaba-Ebutta Meta axis in the last two months.

On February 13, a three-storey building collapsed in the Onike area of Yaba, leading to several casualties

The developer of the project was said to have returned to the site despite a stop-work order on the structure.