Four persons, including mother, two children and a grandchild were
crushed to death by over 1000 years old
rock that tipped off its base
and rammed lethally on them after knocking down the wall of their
bedroom.
The incident which happened in the rocky Iberekodo community in
Abeokuta North Local Government Council of Ogun state on Friday night,
took the grieving residents in shock.
However, the man of the house Ismail Lawal, Sukurat and Rofiat
survived the assault on the modest home by the deadly rock because they
happened to be relaxing at the sitting room when it struck but that is
not without injuring them seriously.
The victims – Mrs Silifat Lawal, her two children: Raaheedat (15),
Semia(4) and a grandchild – Mariam, had barely fallen into a deep sleep
on their bed after a Friday dinner when the rock killed them while the
injured were taken to hospital for treatment.
The Nation gathered that the rock has been in existence in Iberekodo
community before the Egba people settled in Abeokuta, the Ogun state
capital around 1830 AD.
The Nation gathered further that the heavy downpour on Friday night
which had softened the base of the rock situating on a location
overlooking Ismail Lawal’s home, caused the ground to give way, and the
rock having lost its balance tumbled and rolled lethally on Lawal’s home
beneath.
