Five injured as building collapse in Ibadan
No fewer than five persons sustained serious injury after the collapse of an uncompleted five-storey hotel building in the early hours of Thursday, in Ibadan.
The affected building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The unfortunate incident occured around 5am when some of the workers at the construction site called for help from people around.
Any eyewitness, identified as Goditta Mandalla said the incident happened around 5am with a loud noise, noting that the sound attracted other neighbors to the scene.
He disclosed that the number of injured persons had risen to seven while the rescue team was battling hard to remove the debris in search of other survivors.
It was gathered that the incident attracted rescue teams including people in the neighbourhood and passersby to the scene during which about five person were rescued from the rubbles.
The victims were said to have been moved to the state hospital in Adeoyo and the University College Hospital, Ibadan, for medical attention.
A combined team of rescuers from the National Emergency Management Authority and the Federal Fire Service later arrived the scene of the unfortunate incident for an on-the-spot assessment.
Introduction
No fewer than five persons sustained serious injury after the collapse of an uncompleted five-storey hotel building in the early hours of Thursday, in Ibadan.
The affected building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Correspondent Kunle Ojo completes the story.
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The unfortunate incident occured around 5am when some of the workers at the construction site called for help from people around.
Any eyewitness, identified as Goditta Mandalla said the incident happened around 5am with a loud noise, noting that the sound attracted other neighbors to the scene.
Track up, Goditta Mandalla, Adeoye Idowu, eyewitnesses, sound 1
He disclosed that the number of injured persons had risen to seven while the rescue team was battling hard to remove the debris in search of other survivors.
It was gathered that the incident attracted rescue teams including people in the neighbourhood and passersby to the scene during which about five person were rescued from the rubbles.
The victims were said to have been moved to the state hospital in Adeoyo and the University College Hospital, Ibadan, for medical attention.
A combined team of rescuers from the National Emergency Management Authority and the Federal Fire Service later arrived the scene of the unfortunate incident for an on-the-spot assessment.
The team attributed the cause of the unfortunate incident to the use of substandard materials by the contractor.
As of the time of this report, the site had been sealed off while the contractor had been ordered to vacate the site.
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