One person has been confirmed dead as a storey building collapsed along Fanibi Junction in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
Other members of the family were trapped in the collapsed building.
It was gathered that the incident occurred around 3 o’clock in the morning while the occupants had slept.
Eyewitness said the building collapsed and one of the occupants, a woman, died instantly as her bodies had been taken out.
Rescue operators have not arrived at the scene of the incident.