A 51-year-old woman and mother of three, Mrs
Modupe Bankole, has been reportedly killed after
a balcony of a storey building collapsed at
Olomore area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State
capital.
According to the husband of the deceased, the
incident occurred around 8:00pm when some of
the occupants of the building were taking fresh
air as a result of the hot weather.
“I just heard the collapse of the balcony on my
head and I noticed it had a minor effect on me. I
thought since my wife was not directly under the
collapse balcony, she would be safe.
“Then I ran to the other side of the building
shouting thank you Jesus. I wanted to come
back when I heard our neighbors calling my wife
to get up from the mat she was sleeping but she
could not.
“We did not know if some of the debris hit her
on her back because she was just shouting ‘my
back’.
“She died shortly after getting to the hospital,”
Mr Bankole explained.
In another development, what would have been
a major disaster which would have killed many
was averted when a three storey building caved
in along Moshood Abiola Way with no casualty.
The situation was attributed to substandard
materials used by the building contractors.