How collapsed mosque killed 3, injured many
TRAGEDY strucked, as a 12-year-old girl identified as Haneefah Nurudeen and her friend, as well as another young person, were confirmed dead when a mosque building collapsed on Yusuf Street, Papa Ajao, Mushin. Residents attributed the collapse to alleged carelessness of the engineers constructing a nearby road. Meanwhile, four persons who sustained injuries were rushed to the hospital, while four others were treated and discharged at the scene. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred when an excavator clearing silt evacuated from drainages along the road recklessly hit the mosque and it collapsed on worshippers as prayer was about to commence. The incident threw the entire area into chaos as sympathizers and emergency responders embarked on rescue mission of trapped victims. Speaking to our correspondent at the scene, an eye witness, Hamzat Aisha, said earlier in the day, her father had warned the contractor not to dig too deep into the ground, as it would affect the mos...