An 8-storey building collapsed in Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos today.
An undisclosed number of construction workers are reportedly trapped under the rubble.
Eye witnesses said that some of the workers jumped from the top floors, just before the building collapsed.
Some kids walking around the site were also said to have narrowly escaped.
According to sources the site is Joe Faraday’s and there is an ongoing construction works inside it.
Although, as at when this report is filed, the cause of the building collapse is uncertain but construction was ongoing on the sixth floor before the collapse.
NEMA has confirmed that workers are trapped in the building and its officials are mobilising the response team to rescue the trapped victims.
Banana Island is situated inside the luxurious Banana Island in Lagos State .