8 escape death as 2-storey building collapses in Ibadan following downpour

<p>Adeyemo said the rain which started on Sunday evening till around midnight was responsible for the building collapse.</p>, <span>The 2-storey building collapses in Ibadan following downpour. New Telegraph}</span>, <h2>Eight occupants of a 2-storey building at Inalende area of Ibadan, on Monday morning escaped death as the building collapsed following a prolonged downpour.</h2>, <p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that neighbours and other sympathisers rushed to the scene and rescued all the eight occupants at around 6:30 a.m., when the incident occurred.</p>, <p>Some of the eye witnesses who spoke to NAN said all the victims were rescued alive, but with various degrees of injuries and had been taken to hospital for treatment.</p>, <p>Mr Ismaila Adeyemo, a resident of the area, said it took them about an hour before they could bring out all the eight occupants of the building.</p>, <p>Adeyemo said the rain which started on Sunday evening till around midnight was responsible for the building collapse.</p>, <p>He however said that the building had some structural defect, which the landlord ought to have noticed before now.</p>, <p>Also, Mrs Ganiyat Musbau, another neighbour, said that a loud sound around 6:35 a.m. woke her up, and raised an alarm when she later discovered what happened.</p>, <p>Musbau said all the people residing in the affected building were rescued, but many of the victims’ property could not be evacuated.</p>, <p>An officer of the State Fire Service, Mr Isaac Dimeji, confirmed that no occupants of the building died, adding “they are responding to treatment at the hospital.”</p>