No fewer than two people have been killed and four critically injured in Ikirun, Osun State, when a church under construction collapsed.
The building collapsed in the Eweta area of Ikirun while workers were on site.
One person died at the scene, along with the owner of the building, while four others were trapped under the rubble.
The trapped persons were rescued by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The spokesperson of the Osun NSCDC Command, Kehinde Adeleke, who confirmed the incident on Thursday.
She said all four of the rescued persons were in critical condition as the time of publishing this report.
“Two of the rescued victims died at the hospital on Thursday, including the owner of the building”, she added.
The cause of the collapse is still under investigation.
