Close shave! Three injured as four-storey building collapses in Kwara
A four-storey building under construction has collapsed around Sulugambari road, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
According to reports reaching PUNCH, three people were said to be injured.
No fewer than 100 people escaped death on Friday following the collapse of a part of a four-storey building at Zulu Gambari area, Government Reservation Area in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
Our correspondent gathered that while some workers were working on the building, some people were holding fellowship in a container near the construction site.
It was said that part of the building, which was under construction, caved in while some of the debris also fell on two containers near the construction site.
It was further learnt that those who were holding fellowship managed to run out of the container, while the workers in the building either escaped or were rescued.
The Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okansomi; and the state PRO, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Mr. Henry Belisinma, confirmed the collapse of the building.
They also said there was no life lost.Punch
