A 4-year old girl has lost her life in a construction mishap at the ongoing fence erection of the Mountain Top University fence owned by the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.
The collapsed fence
The fence being constructed by a university owned by the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries namely Mountain Top University in Ilu Oba, Magboro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State collapsed on Thursday, killing a four-year-old girl.
The deceased, Olamide Adegbesan, was said to have slept on a couch with two of her siblings in their parents’ house when tragedy struck. The university, which secured its licence early this year, had started work on its permanent site, trying to replace its temporary fence with a permanent one.
Olamide’s father was said to have left the house around 5am for work, but the fence collapsed on his house shortly after, trapping the deceased, her mother, a six-month-old child and two other children.
Speaking with Punch, the deceased’s mother, Mrs. Ayobami Adegbesan, who had not been informed of the death of Olamide as of the time of the interview, explained that she managed to escape from the rubble of the building, which had been levelled by the fence.
She added that she managed to rescue her six-month-old child, while neighbours rescued other children. Punch however, gathered that Olamide was brought out from the rubble alive, but died shortly after.