An elderly woman has been reportedly dead on Tuesday morning after a building partially collapsed in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The incident occurred in Akure South Local Government Area of the state.
According to eyewitnesses, the occupants of the building were thrown into panic when part of the building caved in at about 3am while most of them were fast asleep.
But seven other persons, who also live in the house, were rescued by neighbours who raced to the scene of the incident.
While police authorities in Ondo have yet to make an official statement regarding the incident, the body of the woman killed has been taken to the morgue by policemen at the scene.
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