Seven persons have died following the collapse of an uncompleted four-storey hotel building in Ibadan, Oyo State, South West Nigeria.
It was gathered that the collapsed hotel building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika, Bodija area of Ibadan.
A resident in the area said the incident happened around 5:45am when the Muslim faithfuls were returning from early morning prayers.
The witness said that rescue teams including people in the neighbourhood and passers-by have been able to rescue seven people who are currently receiving medical attention at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
A combined team of the state Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Corps and other security agencies arrived minutes later to remove the debris in search of other survivors.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident.
Osifeso added that the site had since been cordoned off with adequate deployment of Police personnel in the interest of public health and safety.
The incident comes days after a seven-storey building collapsed in Lagos, killing at least six people.
