One person was killed and about 20 others sustained injuries
when a three-storey building
under construction collapsed at
Eziora village, Adazi-Ani in
Anaocha local council area of
Anambra yesterday. The building, jointly owned by Mr.
Uche Okeke and his five siblings
who are children of the
transport magnet, Chief GU
Okeke, was at the completion
stage when it collapsed. It was gathered that over 25
persons were working on the
site when the incident occurred
and at the time of filing this
report, one person was still
trapped under the rubble. Okeke, who spoke to reporters
said: “It is a sad thing and we
are still confused over the
incident because we awarded
the contract over a year ago to
a professional. We have spent millions of naira on the project
and we were not in doubt that
quality materials were used in
the construction. “One worker was still trapped
and we immediately ordered for
earth moving equipment from
Onitsha to remove the rubbles
to save his life. “We reported to the Police
immediately and they helped us
in the rescue mission.
Unfortunately, the man under
the rubble died before he could
be rescued.” According to him, the body of
the deceased had been
deposited at St. Joseph’s
Hospital mortuary at Adazi-
Nnukwu. One of the labourers, who
identified himself as Mr. Olisa
Obaze, said he broke his knee
cap in an attempt to jump down
from the three-storey building. He said: “We were carrying
blocks upstairs when we
suddenly heard a large crack
sound. We scampered for safety
and I had to jump from the
three-storey building. After the incident, we started calling on
our members and realized that
one man was still under the
debris.” Police Public Relations Officer,
PPRO, Mr. Uchenna Ezeh said that
full investigation into the matter
has begun.http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/one-killed-many-injured-another-building-collapses-anambra/

Hmmm... Na to dey get ready to run whenever we dey under any building for any magic... Ftc shaa

Welcome to Nigeria.

Well at least nobody is trying to claim that UFOs flying over the improperly built house were the cause of its collapse.

Anambra state has the worst Building constructing Engineers on planet earth.

Collapsed buildings aren't new things in Anambra.




Buildings collapsing in Anambra since Nigeria's Independence!

Even in those days when mud and woods were used to build upstairs, it wasn't like this.

Bobbystanley: Anambra state has the worst Building constructing Engineers on planet earth.

Collapsed buildings aren't new things in Anambra.




Buildings collapsing in Anambra since Nigeria's Independence!

Its high time the cement and building materials industry be scrutinised. Most of those buildings at Upper Iweka were constructed in the 70s and 80s and none has collapsed 40 years later and it was done by less experienced workers and less access to modern technology. Why has building collapse suddenly become a household thing in the past 5 years? I think Dangote and other cement manufacturers need to be probed.

Bobbystanley: Anambra state has the worst Building constructing Engineers on planet earth.

Collapsed buildings aren't new things in Anambra.




Buildings collapsing in Anambra since Nigeria's Independence!

And all the high rising buildings in anambra never collapse finish

[size=20pt]Someone, please do a quality check on the cement in our Nigerian markets. Randomly choose bags and extract a little cement for quality checks.Then re-seal the bags and put a stamp that it has been checked by government so that people can still buy it.

How come old buildings never collapse, but all new buildings being built with the type of cement now in our market continue to collapse?[/size]

May God help us all

Hope they didn't blame any "strange aircraft"


RIP to the dead

buildins collapsin in Nigeria since 1960