A family of five who live close to the collapsed three-story
building in Nkaliki community in Abakaliki local government area of Ebonyi
State, yesterday have revealed how they escaped being buried alive in the
rubbles.
The father of five, one Mr Christopher Nwokora blamed the
collapse of the 3 story building on substandard building material and builders.
According to him: “It is God that saved me and my family, a
3 story building near my house collapsed last night by around 10:30pm. It was
raining at the time.
“We heard a very big noise like a bomb and everywhere went
dark. I thank God that no life was lost. Even though my house is very near the
collapsed building but it didn’t touch my house. It only destroyed my fence.
“They started very well at the ground floor but when they
reached the second floor and they started using substandard materials.
“It seems they used a professional engineer from the start
and at a level, the engineer abandoned the work for them. And the owner started
using his own hand to build it. The cement, stones and rods were not mixed very
well” he stated.
Investigation revealed that the real owner of the affected
building lives abroad, but sends money to one of his relations, whose name is
yet to be identified at the time of filing this report, to build the house for
him.
However, the building plan of the affected house was
approved in 2014 under the former administration.
However, the governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has
suspended the members of Abakaliki Capital Territory Development Board as a
result of the collapsed building.
A statement signed by the SSG,
Kenneth Ugbala, said the suspension is with immediate effect.
“The indefinite suspension is a result of their failure to
supervise buildings within the Capital City which led to the collapse of three
(3) Story building along Nkaliki road in Abakaliki Local Government Area.
“The office of the Secretary to the State Government will
announce a new task force on building approval, construction and supervision.
The task force shall be responsible for building approvals, construction and
supervision of all sites within the capital city.
“The suspended members of Abakaliki Capital Territory
Development Board are further directed to hand over government property in
their possession to S.A to Governor on Capital City” he stated
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