By Matthew Don
Three persons lost their lives while another was in critical condition as a building still under construction collapsed in Oko part of Anambra State on Wednesday, June 14.
The four-storey building nearing its completion collapsed in Oko community, Orumba North council of Anambra State at about 4 am, according to eyewitnesses.
The building is believed to be a hostel accommodation for the students of Federal Polytechnic, Oko being developed by private person (s).
Residents said the rear end of the building which has three phases collapsed in the afternoon of Tuesday, June 13 shortly after a heavy downpour, and that the deceased persons went in to sleep in the same building hoping that further collapse would not occur after being warned not to sleep there.
A resident who would not want to be named said one of the workers had warned his colleagues not to pass the night in the building but they refused.
“I heard him warning them not to sleep in the building since a section of the building had collapsed but they refused. They replied him that nothing would happen. Even, they persuaded him to go in with them which he initially did but later came out of the building,” the resident said.