A two-storey building under construction collapsed Saturday, killing no fewer than three persons at Ngbodo-Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
A resident who witnessed the incident said the two-storey building under construction collapsed late Saturday.
The witness said the three persons who lost their lives in the incident were labourers engaged in construction work.
The Rivers State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Commandant Michael Besong Ogar, who led a rescue team to the scene of the two-storey building under construction that eventually collapsed, blamed the incident on the use of substandard material.
Ogar stated that preliminary Investigation showed that the rods, pillars and blocks used in the construction of the building were far below the required specifications.
“It is high time Nigerians began to take responsibility for their actions especially when the life of humans are involved, the collapse of the two (2) Storey building at Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area could have actually been avoided if standardized materials and the right specifications were used.
Owners of buildings and landlords are hereby advised to be wary of desperate and quack building contractors who care only about their pockets and not the lives of innocent people ”