As some anguished families protested, National Emergency Management Agency official Ibrahim Farinloye told The Associated Press that workers had reached the foundation of the collapsed three-story building and did not expect to find more people.
An unknown number of people remained missing. Frantic efforts had gone into the night to find signs of life in the debris. Building collapses are all too common in the West African nation, where new construction often goes up without regulatory oversight. A crowd of hundreds of people had cheered on Wednesday as dust-covered, shocked-looking children were carried out one by one. Other small bodies, however, hung limp over workers' shoulders.
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