For Ilorin, Kwara State, six members of one family, including two pikin, don rescue alive from rubble of three-storey building wey collapse for early hours of Tuesday.
The building wey collapse dey for No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, for Ile Oyan Masalasi Gogoro area. E collapse around early morning, wey make family wey dey inside trap for debris.
According to eyewitness wey talk to SaharaReporters around 10:18am, six people don already rescue as emergency responders continue to search for other victims. The rescue operation begin shortly after the collapse, with men of Fire Service and community members join hand to remove the debris.
First set of rescue see the father of the family and one child com out alive. Later, four family members – father, mother, and two children – all com out alive. The mother na im dem carry go hospital for medical attention, while the remaining victims dey alive.
Another child still com out later, wey make the total survivors five. Then, as rescue operation continue, dem reach six people. Videos and photos from the scene show Fire Service personnel dey carry one girl from the rubble.
Dem don also deploy excavator go the scene to carefully remove debris and create way to reach parts of the collapsed structure where other victims fit still dey. The rescue operation dey go on with care to avoid more collapse.
An eyewitness tell SaharaReporters say emergency responders and residents still dey work as of 10:18am. The exact number of people wey still dey inside the rubble no clear yet, and the cause of the collapse no don officially announce as of filing this report.
