Building collapses in Lagos and Kaduna... Seven feared, children trapped

A three-storey building collapsed on Oloto Street, Ebute Meta, Lagos on Thursday morning, leaving no fewer than seven people dead, while seven others were critically injured. Among the dead were a one-year-old baby and the mother, a pregnant woman and her husband. An unspecified number of occupants of the house were still trapped in the rubble. The baby was found dead on the chest of the mother. The husband and the rest of their children, however, survived.

In the same vain, tragedy struck on Thursday in Kaduna following the collapse of a three-storey building in the metropolis. Scores of traders and residents, including six children were said to have been trapped in the building which served both residential and commercial purposes. Residents as well as traders in the market watched helplessly for three hours without sighting rescue operators. The state Governor, Ramallan Yero, one of the early callers at the scene of the incident, wept on sighting the building. He left the scene of the incident and came back at about 4.50pm when a crane from the Julius Berger Construction Company had commenced work on the collapse building. 

However, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Nuhu Makanma said nobody was trapped in the building.The three-storey building on Gombe road in the Sheikh Abubakar Gummi Central Market collapse at about 2.15pm, according to eyewitness.