One dies, two injured in Edo building collapse

Tragedy struck on Saturday when a portion of a three-storey building, which is under construction ‎on Sapele road, in Benin, the Edo State capital, collapsed, killing one person and injuring three others.
It was gathered that ‎the incident occurred at about 10.30am.

Our correspondent learnt that the victims were pouring concrete on a cantilever projection on the third floor, when the formwork caved in.
It was learnt that they were hired by a contractor to do the two-day job at N3,000 per day.
Our correspondent gathered that the deceased, identified as Mike, sustained a deep cut in the chest, when he and his colleagues fell from the third floor to the ground.
‎He was said to have been rushed to the Central Hospital in Benin, where he was confirmed dead.
One the victims and a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Benin, Sunday Oniuvusa, said he was lucky to have survived.
He said, “We were just casting the floor and, all of a sudden, it just collapsed and most of the blocks on the building fell on us.

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