NewzBy Demola Akinyemi No fewer than eight persons have been feared trapped in a collapsed two-storey building in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The incident reportedly happened at 5:30 am at PopoGiwa, Madalasi Zhogoro area, off Sijikobi Road in llorin West Local Government Area of the state.
Vanguard reliably gathered that among those trapped in the building are nursing mothers and children. Officers of the state fire service, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and residents of the area are currently carrying out rescue operations at the scene of the incident. Officials of the State Emergency Management Agency were also at the site to carry out rescue operations.
Details later… The post Breaking: Eight feared trapped in Kwara building collapse appeared first on Vanguard News. No fewer than eight persons are feared trapped in a building collapse on Tuesday in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. The incident reportedly occurred at 5:30a.m at PopoGiwa, Madalasi Zhogoro area, off Sjikobi Road in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.
According to eyewitnesses, among those trapped in the collapsed two-storey building were nursing mothers and children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that personnel of the state fire service, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and residents of the area are currently carrying out a rescue operation. Also on the ground at the site were officials of the State Emergency Management Agency to carry out the rescue operation.
Efforts to speak with any of the officials and the police command on the incident proved futile. The post Eight feared trapped in Kwara building collapse appeared first on Vanguard News.
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