AbdulRazaq, speaker mourn Kwara building collapse victims

A three-storey building collapsed in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, killing four members of a family. The incident occurred at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, at about 5 a.m. According to Daily Trust, a mother and her four children were killed, with the mother carrying her youngest child, about five years old, when they were recovered dead from the rubble.

The father and three others survived the disaster and were taken for medical attention. A resident, Abdul, who was involved in the rescue operation, said the occupants were just waking up when the building suddenly came down. He described how the father was trapped in a toilet and was eventually rescued.

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, and Senator Saliu Mustapha have mourned the victims of the building collapse.

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