By Our Correspondent
About ten people have been reported dead as a building housing Salvation Ministry, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, collapsed.
It was learnt that the building was being used for the first time for service on Tuesday when it collapsed.
At the time of filing this report, Salient Times could not confirm the number of those trapped but there are reports that eight persons have been rescued unhurt, while four persons have been rushed to the Asaba Specialist Hospital
According to Vanguard, Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah; the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Ononye Mordi, a team of Red Cross officers and firefighters are presently at the site on a rescue mission.
An unconfirmed number of children are said to be trapped in the rubble of the building
In several videos which have gone viral, some persons, including children, have been rescued.
Officials of the Red Cross, fire service, and security agencies are still on the ground as rescue operations continue.
A bulldozer is also at the scene digging through the rubble.
Some of the worshippers, passersby and sympathisers could be heard praying and crying.
Edafe Bright, Delta state police spokesman, who confirmed the incident to Salient Times, said 18 persons have so far been rescued.
“We just left the scene now. Eighteen people so far have been rescued and so far, there is no recorded death,” he said.
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