2 died in Collapsed Building in Akure

 Early this morning(May 9,2014) around 7am, two(2) people have been confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed in Akure, Ondo State in Nigeria. The structure came crumbling down as constructions workers on the site resumed for the day's job. Two people died while two others sustained injuries in the incident. 

The Ondo state Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Bade Omoloja said, "the building had no approval to begin with because our men at the task force unit of the ministry have been here on two different occasions to stop work. Obviously, very poor quality of work was carried out at the site. There are so many building outside here that doesn't have approvals." 

Eye witnesses say the area is a swampy one and it could be that the foundation of the building was not properly constructed and this led to its collapse.

 

All rescue agencies and the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Red Cross Society of Nigeria, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), State Security Services (SS) were all at the site to help with the rescue.