JUST IN: Three- storey building collapses in Ebonyi |SEE PHOTO
Afnews Editor
Jul 22, 2020
A three- storey building under construction in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi has collapsed.
The building is located at Nkaliki Road opposite the Abakaliki Local Government Council Headquarters.
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Reports has it that no life was lost in the incident as workers had not resumed for work at the time the building collapsed.
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Top government officials, including the Secretary to the State Government Kenneth Ugbala; Commissioner for Internal Security, Stanley Okoro Emegha; Special Assistant to the Governor on Capital Territory, Chinyelu Udoku and Chairman of Abakaliki Capital Territory Development Board (ACTDB) Dr Uche Onwe visited the site.
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Ugbala directed the immediate sealing of the site and demolition of the building.
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Emegha directed the site engineer be arrested by the police immediately.
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Udoku directed the ACTDB should produce staff that approved the building and all those in charge of monitoring the construction.
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Onwe said preliminary investigation revealed the builders used sub- standard materials and the building had a lot of structural defects.
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"The Engineer attached to the building did not do any professional work. The quality of iron rods, the mixture, concreting are not up to standard.
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"You can see we have sealed it, there is a lot of compromises even from the foundation,ÔÇØ he said.
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The chairman said the Board has launched an investigation into the incident, adding all those found culpable will be arrested and prosecuted.
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"The building is going to be demolished today and evacuated. Every building has a town planner, an Engineer and a professional builder attached but in the course of construction these people compromise
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"This structure wasn't approved during my time but we take responsibility for it because government is a continum.
"We will trace the file to know if it was actually approved for three story and if it followed the stipulated standard.
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"We will make arrests and prosecuted them as soon as possible, "he said.
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