No fewer than four persons were reported dead following the collapse
of a three-storey building at Road 7 in the Agbama Housing Estate,
Umuahia, Abia State.
The building, which was under construction, was inhabited by some
households, including construction workers.
One of the construction workers told NAN on condition of anonymity
that they noticed some cracks on the building two days ago.
“We decided to reinforce the building to avoid its collapse but our efforts turned to nothing,” he said.
The source, who witnessed the collapse of the building, said: “We even worked on the building yesterday.”
A member of the Red Cross Society, who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity, said that three corpses were recovered, while three other victims were in critical condition.
He said that the victims were taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.
“Rescue operation is still going on but we have discovered three
corpses while three others are in critical condition,” he said.
An eyewitness, Noble Udeh, told NAN that a six-month-old child was among the dead.
Udeh said: “In the course of the rescue operation, we discovered the corpse of a six-month-old baby and another four-year-old baby.
“Their mother was in critical condition and had been rushed to the hospital.”
Udeh said that the economic situation in the country might have forced inhabitants of the collapsed building to live in such an uncompleted structure.
A source at the FMC confirmed the death of four persons, adding that two others were in critical condition.
The Deputy Governor of Abia State, Chief Emeka Ananaba, was among
early callers at the site of the incident.
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