A two-storey building under construction at Okwu Umuoma village in Owerri West Local Government Area, Imo State, on Friday collapsed, killing one of those working on the site.
According to eyewitness accounts, four workers were still in the building doing their various jobs before the incident, and three of them were fast and lucky enough to escape unhurt, while the last person, simply identified as Ugo, got trapped and killed.
The people of the community, however, blamed poor and substandard materials used for the construction.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, Emma Ibediro, said a quick response has been set up to commence a rescue search for the trapped victim.
Mr. Ibediro, who lamented the incident, said that government will investigate the remote cause of the collapse and called on other builders to always put the safety of the people first, while building and constructing buildings in the state
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