Friday, March 25, 2016

Pregnant woman, daughter die as building collapses

http://newtelegraphonline.com/pregnant-woman-daughter-die-building-collapses/


A pregnant woman, Mrs. Kafayat Somoye, and her five-year-old daughter, Ganiyat, were yesterday killed when a building collapsed in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. 

The incident occurred about 7a.m. at Onifufu/Aderupaba compound, Oke-Ijeun area, Abeokuta, shortly after a downpour.
It was learnt that Somoye was taking her two children, Ganiyat and her brother, Ganiyu, when a dilapidated building suddenly collapsed.
While the boy escaped unhurt, both the mother and daughter were not lucky as they were trapped by the collapsed wall. Witnesses said the woman, who was threemonth- old pregnant, did not die on the spot but was rushed to the nearby State Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta.
She died later at the hospital. Policemen from Oke Itoku and Ibara divisions mobilised to the area to prevent a breakdown of law and order as some angry youths attempted to set ablaze the remains of the building.

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