How Rock Crushed Mother, Two Children And Grandchild In Nigeria

So far, since 1830 AD when the Egba people arrived and settled in Abeokuta, both the rocks and the residents had co-habited with each other and safely, too, not even the earth tremor that occured in the city in 1986 could rupture that hundreds of years of living safely near rocks.But penultimate Friday, that changed. A ‘treacherous’ rock in Iberekodo, Abeokuta, crushed four persons, including mother, two children and a grandchild, to death when it tipped off its base and rammed lethally on them after knocking down the wall of their bedroom.
The rocky Iberekodo community in Abeokuta North Local Government Council of Ogun state were left in shock and grief.

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 they incurred serious injuries.
The victims – Mrs Silifat Lawal, her two children: Rasheedat (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.
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.
Some of the  villagers said the heavy downpour that fateful day, which they claimed  softened the base of the rock situating on a location overlooking Ismail Lawal’s home, caused the ground to give way. According to them, the rock, having lost its balance, tumbled and rolled lethally on Lawal’s home beneath.
Mrs Khadijat Adegoke, a neigbour of the victims, said she was jolted from sleep by the deafening  sound of the impact of the rock as it rolled down the hilly neighbourhood before smashing itself into Lawal’s home.
According to her, neigbours got to know that the rock had dealt a lethal blow when  Mr  Lawal rushed out and began  shouting for help but could not do anything as the victims had already been crushed.