July 2, 2022
 About 40 workers are said to have been trapped in an ongoing construction of an eight-story building that collapsed at Yardua drive in Owerri, Imo, on Thursday.

About 40 workers are said to have been trapped in an ongoing construction of an eight-story building that collapsed at Yardua drive in Owerri, Imo, on Thursday.

Reporters were at the scene of the collapsed building where excavation of those of the trapped workers is still in the process at about 7:01 pm.

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At the time of filing this report, about ten were said to have been rescued and seven severely injured and taken to hospital just as they said, for now, two feared death.

Many issues were raised by some of the survivors, which could have led to the building collapse. One said the pillars were very weak, adding that the pillars holding the eight-story building were not also enough to carry the weight of the entire structure.

They also said that a few days ago they noticed cracks in some parts of the building and complained to the engineer who assured them he would do something about it.

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However, members of the Red Cross were seen at the scene assisting in the evacuation of both the death, moving some to hospitals for immediate medical attention.

Spirited individuals moved in as Reporters noticed that some of them are aware of the locations of those trapped as they assisted in the rescue operation.

At the time of filing this report, one of the survivors, who introduced his name as Prosper, said that at the moment they were nine in number that has survived.

Five have been taken to the hospital who sustained various degrees of injuries. According to Prosper, “I was very close to the building when I heard a crack around the pillars and I started running and before you know it it is like a sound of a bomb.

The story building fell. “We are working in different departments I can’t count the actual number. We are many. We may be up to 40 in number.

They have taken five people to the hospital. They were badly injured.” Another survivor, who goes with the name Ike, “We are up to 20 in number, we have those mixing cement. We have those pouring cement. There are plenty of people. We pray that God will help them come out alive.”

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  14. What is happening? It has been bad news since January 2020.what kind of year is this,may God save them.

  15. This is what happens when a labourer that started out on building sites carrying sands and stones and later promotes himself to a mason and subsequently a “building engineer”. Doesn’t know stitch about construction but goes on she’s and fronts as an expert on buildings, hence risking the lives of many…..this sorta thing has to STOP. It is disheartening really.

    1. I wonder if those given them this work don’t know that are incapable of carrying it out properly as well as not well..not grounded in d aspect

  21. What kind of tragedy is this!!! People are taking things for granted Oh God I pray for their survival

  31. Haa!if the foundation is bad what can the righteous do.This is as a result of weak foundation,may their soul rest in peace

  43. I pray they come out alive. Also we need to have a body that controls the quality of buildings raised up in the nation to prevent future reocurence.

  45. Too bad
    Carefulness is necessary
    Why will builders not know the quality of material for such a building, God have mercy.

  49. I just don’t understand why they were building an eight story building

  50. The engineer and developer of that project should face the consequences. You can just kill people in the name of building a tower of babel.

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