Panic As Building Collapsed In Ibadan,23 People Feared Dead,6 Rescued.

Barely 3 days after a three-storey

building collapsed in the Ita-Faaji area of

Lagos Island, killing at least 12 persons,

including nine children,it was shocking that another building

has collapsed in Ibadan, capital of Oyo

state.

According to Tribune Online, the two-storey

building which collapsed at Sogoye, along

Bode area of the city, has left 23 people

trapped in the rubble while six people have

been pulled out.

The news medium also reported that people

trapped under the collapsed building could

be heard making phone calls crying for

help.

Going further, it reported that the fire

service personnel at the scene of the

collapsed building were helpless, as there

was no equipment to carry out the rescue

operation.

Meanwhile, online media had reported that the

Lagos state commissioner for health, Jide

Idris, said that 20 victims of the Itafaji

School building collapse were brought in

dead to the General Hospital in the state.

Idris made the fact known during his visit to

the hospital on Friday in Lagos. According

to him, the corpses have been released to

the families for burial.

However, he said that 45 persons survived

the collapse and were managed across some

of the state health facilities, including Lagos

Island General Hospital, Massey Street

Children’s Hospital, Onikan Health Centre

and the Gbagada General Hospital.