PHOTO: 3-Storey Building Collapsed in Ebute Metta,Lagos: Kills Couple, Baby, and Others

...the collapsed building

The bodies of a couple, a baby and six others have been pulled out of a three-storey building that collapsed in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos this morning.

It is believed more than a 100 people resided in the three-storey building located at 29b Oloto  Street, off Cemetery Road, Ebute Metta.

The cause of the collapse has not yet been established but a rescued resident of the building, Miss Dalikis Abdulamid, 23, said

they had been noticing cracks in the walls of their rooms, but their father used to patch these up with cement.

“We did not know that the building will collapse. By about 2:00am when the building came down, some of our co-tenants were trapped, crying for help, while some were dead,’’ she said.

 The Spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, told the NAN that the agency got information that the building started cracking at about 1:30am and finally gave way at about 2:00am.

 Farinloye confirmed that six people were brought out dead, while six other rescued victims with minor injury and has been taken to hospitals for treatment.

Hours after the collapse of the building, Emergency workers, with the help of  the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Red Cross, NEMA, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the state Fire Service, as well as youths in the area, were still combing the debris for other trapped victims.