Building Collapses, killing Pregnant Woman and Child.

In Onifufu/Aderupaba at Oke-Ijeun, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, an expectant mother and her five-year-old daughter were crushed to death by a building that collapsed on them yesterday.


Reports reaching us said that the late Mrs. Kafayat Somoye was taking her daughter,
the late Ganiyat and son, Ganiyu, to school when the building collapsed. Ganiyu was said to be walking in front of his mother and sister.

But he was quick to move out of harm's way when he heard the sound of vibrations and cracks but his mother and sister were not lucky. The victims died on the way to the General Hospital Ijaye, Abeokuta, after sympathisers had pulled them out of the the debris.

The incident enraged the youths of the area but they were calmed down by policemen from Ibara and Oke- Itoku divisions.

An eyewitness, Kabirat Sonde, who was taking her kid to school, said they
escaped by the whiskers.

“I was also taking my child to school. I was behind them and a woman
was in the front. It was the woman who raised the alarm immediately the
incident occurred before help came.

“She was rescued alive and people started pouring water on her but she died
on her way to the hospital. People didn’t know immediately that there was a
girl trapped, it was the woman who told us but it was too late. The girl
was found dead.”

Another eyewitness, Tajudeen Badru, told reporters that the early morning
downpour yesterday probably weakened the structure.

Badru said: “It happened early this morning (yesterday) as the woman was
taking her child to the school. Although we heard the girl is no
t her daughter
but there were two of them. The elder brother was faster; the woman was
trying to save the girl.

“This building was still very intact as it gave no sign of collapsing but the
heavy rain yesterday might have caused this collapse.

“It was a sudden occurrence. A woman who escaped told us that people
were trapped and we removed the woman before the same woman also told
us that the deceased was with a young girl, we later searched and found the girl.