There is confusion over whether another building has collapsed in the Lagos Island area of Lagos.
Reports, which have since gone viral on social media, say the collapsed building, situated at 57, Egerton Square, Oke Arin in Lagos Island, collapsed around noon on Monday.
Kehinde Adebayo, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, told PREMIUM TIMES it was not a collapsed building but an ongoing demolition., Lagos Island, last week, killing more than 20 people.
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