LAGOS: As many as 100 children and many others were feared trapped on Wednesday after a building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.
"It is believed that many people including children are currently trapped in the building," said Ibrahmi Farinloye, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency's southwest region, adding that casualty figures were not yet available. At the site, many people were shouting and screaming. A fight almost broke out as anger at the collapse boiled over.In the crowd's midst stood ambulances, fire trucks and a fork lift. Workers from the Red Cross and police were on hand.
Nigeria is frequently hit by building collapses, with weak enforcement of regulations and poor construction materials often used. In 2016, more than 100 people were killed when a church came down in southeastern Nigeria.