An unconfirmed number people have been feared trapped as a block of flats in the Sango Police Barracks in Ibadan, Oyo State collapsed on Saturday evening, Theliberationnews reports.
As gathered by Theliberationnews, the collapsed structure is situated in front of a residential three-storey building in the area.
A source in the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the incident even though they could not specify the number of casualties.
The source explained that the agency got the alert around 8 pm and the Federal Fire Service was mobilised to the scene of the incident almost immediately.
The source confirmed that people were trapped and feared dead but could not authoritatively give any figure on casualty
On his part, the Director of Operations, Oyo State Fire Service, Ismail Adeleke made it known that he has not been briefed on incident.
As of the time of filing this report, efforts made to get the reaction of the Oyo State Police Command proved futile as calls and messages to the Command’s spokesman were unresponded to.
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