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.”
God have mercy
Amen o
God help his children oo
May God save their lives.
U don’t meant it , humm
What could have caused such a terror
?
Needs to be asked
Wish they get well soon
Amen
So painful
Yh
We need God mercy
I pray they get well soon
I wish the injured ones quell recovery
So sad
This is a bad news
Why?
God will save their life
How manage?
God of mercy
We need ask o
We all know the answer.
May dear God safe our land for us o.
Asin ehnn..we need God
Yes o. We really need God
Yh
Bad news
What is happening? It has been bad news since January 2020.what kind of year is this,may God save them.
I swear….
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.
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
this year is evil,alot has been happening
Oh my God, how come
Bad workmanship
So sad
May GOD see them through
Bad
What kind of tragedy is this!!! People are taking things for granted Oh God I pray for their survival
Amen
May God protect them
Disastrous
Last last nah still Good we go call upon for help
Why
Thank God for their lives
May their soul rest in peace
God save lives
Oluwa ooo
Tragic
Help us God
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
May God help them
We need God in this
Eeyah
We need God ooo
May God help them.
The Lord will show mercy
God please heal the land
Heal us
Jehovah God please forgive our sins and protect us.
This is disastrous
Thank God no one die
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.
I pray God save their lives
Too bad
Carefulness is necessary
Why will builders not know the quality of material for such a building, God have mercy.
Why,God should help people o
May be the sand is too much
Or no cement to hold it,well sha
I just don’t understand why they were building an eight story building
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.