At least six people are known to have died in the latest tragedy to strike a country plagued by weak enforcement of building regulations.
Lagos — Desperate relatives waited on Tuesday for news of missing people a day after a Lagos high-rise building collapsed suddenly, killing at least six people and leaving more trapped inside. The 21-story building was still under construction when it fell abruptly into a pile of concrete slabs on Monday in the wealthy Ikoyi district of Nigeria’s commercial capital. Rescuers said they had managed to pull four people out of the wreckage, but construction workers feared dozens of their colleagues were still trapped inside on Tuesday. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta said that as time passed, hopes of finding any survivors were fading fast. Rescue workers and locals worked through the night, scouring the mound of rubble and twisted metal. Sitting on the pavement near the crushed remains of the building, brothers Fawas Sanni,21 and Afolabi Sanni,17, were shellshocked as they waited for news of their sister. «Our sister is inside,» said Fawas, a tear rolling down his cheek.
