LAGOS —
The building was being constructed next to a hospital in the neighborhood of Oniru according to EMA chief executive Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu.
At the time he made that statement, efforts were underway to reach people believed trapped in the rubble.
Reuters witnesses saw large earth-moving equipment removing debris as a crowd watched.
Building collapses are frequent in Africa's most populous country, where regulations are poorly enforced and construction materials often substandard.
