AbdulRazaq, speaker mourn Kwara building collapse victims

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 a building collapse in Ilorin, Kwara State. According to Daily Trust, a three-storey building collapsed on Tuesday at about 5 a.m. at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, killing a mother and four of her children.

The building collapse trapped eight family members, with three survivors, including the father, rescued and taken for medical attention. A resident, Abdul, who was involved in the rescue operation, reported that the mother and her youngest child, about five years old, were found dead. The father was trapped in a toilet and survived after a wooden part of the old building prevented a pillar from crushing him.

The cause of the collapse is not stated. The Governor, Speaker, and Senator have expressed their condolences to the family of the victims.

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