The Enugu police command says
eight construction workers died at an underground water safety tank in the
state.
Ebere Amaraizu, the command’s
public relations officer, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
He said the incident occurred
around 6pm at a building construction site at Igogoro village in Enugu-Ezike,
Igboeze north local government area, on Monday.
“From what we gathered, one of
the construction workers, while trying to evacuate water, got trapped inside
the underground tank at the site,” the statement said.
“After waiting for the worker for
some time, the other workers went to offer help but also got trapped and became
unconscious.
“They were later rescued and
rushed to the General Hospital, Ogurute, where the doctor on duty confirmed
them dead.”
Amaraizu said Suleiman Balarabe,
the state commissioner of police, expressed shock over the incident which he
described as “unfortunate”.
He added that the police
commissioner had ordered for a thorough investigation into the incident.
“The Commissioner has ordered a
full scale investigation into the incident,” he said.
According to the statement, the
remains of the victims had been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
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