A pregnant woman, Kafayat Somoye, and her
five-year-old daughter, were on Thursday
killed when a ramshackle building at Onifufu/
Aderupaba compound in Oke-Ijeun area of
Abeokuta, caved in on them.
A witness said the mother was taking her
child, Ganiyat, and her brother, Ganiyu, to
school, when a cracked wall of the building
located near their home suddenly collapsed
and fell on the duo.
The wall of the over 70-year-old building
killed the two before any help could reach
them, witnesses said.
Neighbours said the mother was a petty
trader, while the child attended Methodist
Primary School, Ago-Oko, Abeokuta.
Police arrived the scene at about 9am and
removed the bodies to the hospital, as
sympathizers who gathered, wept.
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