Lagos, Nigeria ? At least 16 people died Wednesday when a four-story apartment building collapsed overnight. Red Cross workers helping pull survivors from the rubble said 36 people were wounded and taken to hospitals.

The building was located in a poor district of Lagos and housed up to 180 people.

A local leader promised to prosecute those responsible.

“The developer cannot run away. He has property in Lagos. The government will seize it and prosecute him,” Gov. Bola Tinubu told a gathering crowd.