IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- One person has been reported dead and another injured after a warehouse under construction collapsed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
It was learnt that the building, which collapsed on a mosque beside it, left one person injured.
It was gathered that the incident happened in the Soka area of Ibadan, around the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday.
A resident told The Punch correspondent on Saturday that the deceased was identified as Bolaji, a teenager.
The incident was said to have been reported at the Sanyo Police Station in Ibadan and policemen from the station were said to have visited the site as part of their investigation.
Some residents said that the warehouse had suffered a partial collapse in the past while blaming the incident on the alleged incompetence of those building it.
The Police Relations Officer for the Oyo State Police Command, Adewale Osifeso, said that an investigation had begun into the incident.
He said: “Investigation into the incident is ongoing.”