Edo State Chairman of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) Osamudiamwen Osagiede weekend lost two sons and a housemaid in a collapsed building in Edo State.
Reports had it that the victims were at the building at Urora village in Uhunmwode Local Government area of Edo State to effect repair on their bicycle when the tragic incident occurred.
The names of the boys were given as Junior and Martins Osagiede aged 15 and seven years respectively and their housemaid.
Osagiede, who said the victims were his only sons told newsmen that the incident occurred on Friday and was still traumatised.
“It is a great pain to me, they are my only sons. They went there to repair their bicycles when a section of the building collapsed on them and they were killed instantly”, he lamented. He said the matter has been reported to the police.
From Left: Group Managing-Director, Nnpc, Mr Andrew Yakubu, Group General-Manager, Public Affairs Division, Mr Ohi Alegbe, resource persons, Mr Weneso Orogun and Mr Tony Nwosu of News Agency of Nigeria at a Workshop for Media Practitioners in Uyo, Akwa Ibom last Friday. Photo: NAN
