Osun building collapse kills three
Three people died and five were rescued after a two-storey building collapsed in Osun State.
A two-storey commercial building under construction collapsed at Owode-Ede, in Ede North Local Government Area of Osun State, on Friday night.
Three people died and five were rescued alive from the incident at Zone 8, Oke Alaafia Community. The Federal Fire Service received a distress call at 11:30pm and found the building had six shops on the upper and middle floors and two stores on the ground floor. Structural defects and substandard materials are suspected causes. The five rescued victims were taken to Idera Specialist Hospital, Ede.
The rescue operation concluded at 9:26am on Saturday. The estimated property loss was N100 million, while N150 million worth of property was saved. The operation involved the Osun State Fire Service, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.