No fewer than seven persons sustained varying degrees of injury when an uncompleted five-storey hotel building collapsed in the early hours of Thursday in Ibadan.
The affected building was adjacent a new generation bank at Awosika area, Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Sources said the incident happened at about 5:45am when Muslims were returning from early morning prayers.
The cause of the collapse could not be immediately ascertained but authorities suspected use of substandard building materials.
Eyewitness said the passersby who quickly raised alarm on the incident made people in the neighborhood storming the scene.
Five people were immediately rescued and taken to the University College Hospital, UCH, where they are receiving medical attention.
As at the time of filling this report, the number had risen to seven while the facility have been sealed by the authorities.
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An eyewitness Goditta Mandalla explained that the incident happened around 5AM with a loud noise, noting that the sound attracted other neighbors to the scene.
He also confirmed that the number of injured persons had risen to seven while the rescue team battle hard to remove the debris in search of other survivors.
Another source said the incident attracted rescue teams including people in the neighbourhood and passersby to the scene before rescue effort came from the authorities.
A combined team of rescuers from the National Emergency Management Authority and the Federal Fire Service later arrived the scene of the unfortunate incident for an on-the-spot assessment.
The team attributed the cause of the incident to the use of substandard materials by the contractor.