building under
construction
along Works
Layout in
Owerri the
Imo state
capital has
collapsed.
Sources said the
building collapsed around 11 pm yesterday night
during a heavy downpour.
It was also disclosed that a 28 year old man
identified as Joseph Ekanem a carpenter who
happens to be one of the workers inside the
building have been trapped inside, even though
they cannot ascertain if there are more workers
trapped inside and they cannot ascertain as there
are 6 workers working in the building on daily
basis.
Sources also disclosed that the owner of the
building who lodged in a hotel close to the building
came to the scene of the incidence but quickly
locked up the building and ran away, when
Channels Television contacted him on the phone,
he denied ownership of the building.
At the time of filing this report, State emergency
management agency (SEMA), Imo rescue team,
Road Safety and combined security operatives in
the state forcefully broke into the premises in order
to rescue the trapped man.
However, some of the people living in the
neighbourhood attributed the collapse to quack
and shabby job by the contractor as the foundation
is not strong enough to carry a 3-storey building
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