Eight escape death as 2-storey building collapses in Ibadan

At least eight person escaped death when a two-storey building at Inalende area of Ibadan, Oyo, collapsed following a prolonged downpour on Monday morning.

Neighbours and other sympathisers rushed to the scene and rescued the occupants when the incident occurred at 6:30 a.m.

All the injured persons had been taken to hospital for treatment.

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The spokesman for the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Isaac Dimeji, confirmed that nobody died in the incident.

He said: “They (victims) are responding to treatment at the hospital.”

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