Oyo Tragedy: 10 Fatalities, 7 Injuries in Building Collapse

10 Killed, 7 Injured in Oyo Building Collapse

The incident occurred at 2 am in the Jegeda Oluloyo area of Ona Ara...

Building collapse in Ibadan claims 10 lives, injures 7. Find out what happened.

Tragedy struck in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Thursday, October 31, as a building collapse claimed 10 lives and injured seven others.

The incident occurred at 2 am in the Jegeda Oluloyo area of Ona Ara Local Government Area, according to a statement from the Oyo State Fire Services Agency.

Rescue efforts yielded mixed results: 10 persons were retrieved from the rubble, while seven survivors were pulled alive from the debris.

The Oyo State Fire Services Agency coordinated the rescue operation, working tirelessly to search for trapped individuals.

The statement read, “The Oyo State Fire Services Agency received a distressed call at around 2 am on Thursday, October 31 at Jegede Olunloyo area, Ibadan, of which 10 persons have been recovered from the debris of the collapsed building, while seven persons were rescued alive. Rescue operation is still going on.”

The General Manager of the state Fire Services, Yemi Akinyinka said, “We received a distress call from the people in the neighbourhood at 2 am.

“When we got there, ten people died outrightly. Three people had been recovered before we got to the place, and our men recovered four. They are still working.”