PHOTOS: Scene of the collapsed building... credit: Toheeb Omotayo
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu; and the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Saliu Mustapha, have mourned the four members of a family who died following the collapse of a three-storey building in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The building collapsed on Tuesday at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, in the Popo Giwa/Abemi area of Ilorin West Local Government Area, trapping eight members of the same family in the rubble.
Four members of the family were rescued alive, while four others died in the incident, with emergency responders working for hours at the scene to search through the debris and rescue those trapped.
Reacting to the incident in a Facebook post late Tuesday, AbdulRazaq said he was saddened by the tragedy and had visited the injured victims to assess their condition.
