The Police in Delta State have confirmed that three persons including two children have died after a storey building collapsed at Okpanam road, Asaba the state capital. The church Salvation Ministries were having their evening service on Tuesday, when the incident occurred. Police spokesperson DSP Bright Edafe, said as at yesterday night when the incident happened, 18 persons have been rescued out of the building and three people are critically injured but as at Wednesday morning three persons where confirmed dead.
DSP Edafe said it is untrue that 10 people died according to some reports, and added that rescue efforts by emergency services are ongoing at the site of the collapsed church building.
Eleven of the 18 people rescued were still being treated in hospital, he added.
According to the church said they are working with relevant authorities to investigate the cause of the incident.
