Three-storey building sinks, collapses in Ibadan, goods trapped

A three-storey building on Sunday collapsed around Adabor Junction, Ashi, Ibadan, Oyo State.

It was gathered that goods worth millions of naira were lost in the building which housed a pharmacy, supermarket and a church.

The Nation reports that the residents of the area said they heard a loud noise in the midnight, adding that when they rushed out from their various houses, they saw that the three-storey building had collapsed.

The residents also said no live was lost as the security guard in the building, who was the only one on ground when the incident occurred was The residents in the area said no live was lost as security gaurd in the building, who was the only one on ground when the incident occurred was not hurt.

One of them, Sade Aderibigbe, said, “We were all scared because we thought armed robbers had invaded our area, but by the time we came out, we saw the building sink. It later collapsed.”

Another resident, Tunde Abulesowo said the land on which the building was built was formerly a cemetery before it was sold.

“When the land was sold, all corpses in the cemetery were exhumed before the building was erected.

“The building had been giving a cracking sound before it came down; millions of goods and properties are trapped in the rubble.”