A national tragedy was averted yesterday, after wife of the deputy governor of Kogi State, Mrs. Tokunbo Awoniyi, miraculously escaped death by whiskers after their Ikoyi residence collapsed.
DAILY POST reports that the incident which occurred at about 7am at 19b, HFB Way, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, was said to have caved in following a cooking gas explosion.
Also injured were three of the deputy governor’s domestic staff who were said to be at the residence at the time of the collapse.
However, the prompt intervention of emergency workers prevented the incident from causing more havocs.
The victims were all rushed to St. Maria Hospital in Yaba.
Among the injured was the family’s driver who was said to be washing car outside the building.
Confirming the incident, Southwest spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said the cooking gas exploded around 7:15am and was suspected to have caused the collapse.
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