Man dies in building collapse

AMAN at the weekend lost his life in Kwara State when his family house collapsed on him. The sad incident occurred in Omoni village, one of the communities in the Ilorin emirate, Moro Local Government Area of the state.

According to eyewitnesses’ accounts, the incident occurred when the man simply identified as Alhaji Garba, a septuagenarian, was sleeping in the house, a mud building, in the night.

The man was said to be a taxi cab driver in Ilorin metropolis until about 10 years ago when he relocated to the community to engage in fulltime farming. He was said to have sold his cab to garner enough money to carry out his decision to settle for farm business at the village.

The building that collapsed on the man was the family house in the village where the deceased was allotted a room. He was said to be sleeping in the room alone when the wall of the room fell on him during a rainfall.

It was said that part of the wall that fell on him was exactly of his size covering him from the head to toes. The man died on the spot after the wall collapsed while his body was brought to the family compound in Ilorin for burial.

An eyewitness who was part of those that took the body to Ilorin for burial expressed surprise at the circumstances of the death. “I have never in my life witnessed a situation where a house wall would fall inward, I only know that wall falls outward. Again, I cannot understand why the fallen wall was ex- actly the size of the man,” Christian (44) in prison over he stated. alleged armed robbery and

Spokesman of the state possession of firearm. The depolice command, DSP Ajayi fendants, whose addresses Okasanmi, said the comwere unknown, are facing a mand would promptly intwo-count charge of armed vestigate the development. robbery and possession of

Meanwhile, an Ado-ekiti firearm.

Chief Magistrates’ Court, on The prosecutor, Inspector Monday remanded Chidi Johnson Okunade, told the Christian (22) and Okoye Court that the defendants committed the offence on September 18 in Ado-ekiti. He alleged that Chidi Christian went to Ekiti State University, Female hostel and robbed some students, Olaniyi Elizabeth, Olawunmi Olajumoke, Alagbe Oyinkansola and Oginni Oluwatoyin of their money.

Okunade also alleged that firearm was found in the possession of the father, Okoye Christian . He said the offences contravened Section 1 (2) (a) and (b) and Section 3 of Robbery and Firearm Special Provision Act 2004.

The prosecutor urged the Court to remand the defendants in prison pending legal advice from office of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).