Fidelis David in Akure
A building has collapsed at Ayedun Street around Hospital/Egbe road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, killing two people, including a nine-day-old baby and the mother.
THISDAY gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday as an overhead water tank fell on the storey building and wreaked havoc in the community.
A mother and her nine-day-old baby, who was christened Tuesday, died instantly, while the elder brother of the baby and their grandmother sustained varying degrees of injuries.
As of the time of this report, security personnel had evacuated the dead bodies, while the injured are now receiving treatment at an unknown hospital.
