One dead, several trapped as four-storey building collapses in Port Harcourt

A four-storey gathering nether operation successful Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State has collapsed, trapping respective persons beneath the rubble.

The incidental occurred on Wednesday morning, hardly 48 hours aft different three-storey gathering collapsed astatine the Rumuolumeni axis of Port Harcourt.

An eyewitness said astatine slightest 7 persons were trapped successful the collapsed structure, portion residents succeeded successful rescuing 2 victims from the rubble soon aft the incident.

One of the eyewitnesses astatine the country said they could spot the caput of 1 of the trapped victims, who was screaming, “my legs, my legs,” but efforts to scope him were unsuccessful.

The eyewitness further disclosed that the tract technologist supervising the gathering task was among those trapped beneath the debris.

A assemblage has besides been recovered from the rubble.

Security and exigency effect agencies person since mobilised to the scene.

Among those contiguous are the Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju; the Commissioner for Urban Development and Physical Planning, Amairigha Edward Hart; officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA; the Fire Service; the Nigerian Red Cross Society; and ambulances from the Ministry of Health.

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