Nigerian Nurses Mourn Colleague: 45-Year-Old Senior Nursing Sister Killed With Daughter in Ogun Collapse
FNA News, 2nd August, 2026.
Ajuwon, Ogun State — Nigerian nurses are mourning the loss of one of their own after a building collapse in Ogun State claimed the life of a senior colleague and her young daughter.
Oluwaseun Sodiya, a 45-year-old Senior Nursing Sister with the Ogun State Hospitals Management Board, died alongside her daughter when a three-storey mixed-use building collapsed in Ajuwon on Monday. Her son narrowly escaped the tragedy.
According to multiple reports, Sodiya was attempting to flee the building with her two children when the structure gave way during heavy rainfall. Rescue teams recovered her body and that of her daughter the following day. The pair were among three people confirmed dead in the incident, which also claimed the life of a 75-year-old man. Twelve others were rescued.
A Dedicated Professional
Described by colleagues as a committed healthcare worker, Sodiya had served at the General Hospital, Ifo. She was also actively involved in media and community initiatives, including as a member of the planning committee for Penpushing Media’s annual anniversary.
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Her death has sent shockwaves through Nigeria’s nursing community, many of whom see it as a painful reminder of the everyday risks faced by ordinary citizens due to poor building standards.
Safety Concerns Mount
This latest collapse adds to a worrying pattern of building failures across Nigeria during the rainy season. Structural experts have repeatedly warned that rapid urbanisation, weak enforcement of building codes, and substandard construction materials continue to put lives at risk.
Advocacy groups are calling for stronger regulation, regular structural audits, and stricter penalties for developers who cut corners. The Ogun State Government, under Governor Dapo Abiodun, has ordered a full investigation into the incident.
Calls for Improved Standards
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and various nursing associations have expressed condolences while urging authorities to treat building safety as a public health issue.
“Nurses are on the frontlines of life and death every day in our hospitals,” one senior nursing leader told local media. “It is unacceptable that our colleagues and their families should face preventable death in their own homes.”
As search and rescue operations concluded, residents of Ajuwon and surrounding communities expressed both grief and frustration over recurring incidents of this nature in the border area between Ogun and Lagos states.
FNA News commiserate with the families and colleagues mourning the loss of Seun Sodiya, we pray that God give them the fortitude to bear the loss and may her soul rest in peace.
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