BREAKING: Workers Trapped As Two-Storey Building Under Construction Collapses In Delta State

A two-storey gathering nether operation has collapsed successful Okpanam community, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, trapping immoderate workers.

SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the building, located other Asaba Airport, adjacent a Nigerian Police Station, (former SARs), Okpanam collapsed pursuing Saturday downpour that near respective residents adjacent to the country successful superior panic.

Witnesses, nevertheless told SaharaReporters that immoderate of the trapped workers had been rescued portion the hunt for others was inactive on.

According to 1 of the workers who simply identified himself arsenic Unor, helium confirmed that respective workers were severely injured portion jumping from the 2nd level of the gathering to excape from being trapped portion fewer others successfully escaped unhurt.

Unor told SaharaReporters stated that those who sustained wounds had been rushed to the infirmary for aesculapian treatment, saying that "As we talk, everybody has near the tract and you cognize for fearfulness of constabulary arrest, immoderate of the radical successful complaint of the gathering person gone into hiding. Some persons astir the property really came to assistance successful the rescue of victims during the illness of the building."

When contacted for comment, the authorities Commissioner for Housing, Godknows Agele, did not respond calls and messages enactment crossed to his telephone arsenic astatine the clip of filing successful this report.