Tragedy in Ogun: Read what happened to pregnant woman and her daughter

– A decrepit building collapsed in Onifufu/Aderupaba neigbourhood at Oke-Ijeun area of Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital

– A pregnant woman and her five-year-old daughter were crushed to death

– Another child escaped death by the whiskers

Tragedy happened in Ogun state when a pregnant woman and her five-year-old daughter were crushed to death by a collapsed building.

The Nation reports that the incident occurred on Thursday, March 24, in Onifufu/Aderupaba neigbourhood at Oke-Ijeun area of Abeokuta.

The woman, identified as Kafayat Somoye, and her daughter, Ganiyat, were passing by the building when it suddenly collapsed and fell on them.

Neighbours said that Somoye was taking her children, Ganiyat and Ganiyu, to Methodist Primary School in Ago-Oko when the incident happened. Ganiyu who was ahead of them at the time of the incident escaped death by the whiskers.

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One of the witnesses said that the wall of the over 70-year-old building killed the two before any help could reach them.

Although the mother and her child were pulled out of the debris and were rushed to the State General Hopistal in Ijaye, they were said to have died on the way.

On March 19 a similar tragic incident happened in Lagos, when the balcony of the building at No 9 Alli Close – Mile-12 collapsed. A 47-year-old woman sustained bodily injury and died on her way to the hospital, no other casualty was recorded.

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