BREAKING: 2 PERSONS DEAD, 14 RESCUED AT A COLLAPSED BUILDING SITE IN IMO

Two persons are feared dead and more than fourteen so far rescued in an ongoing operation at a collapse building site under construction along Musa Yar’adua drive in Owerri, Imo State.

The eight storey building which is believed to be a hotel suddenly caved-in this evening leaving many workers at the site trapped.

It is not clear how many people that are still trapped but two excavators deployed to the scene are removing rubbles to rescue more people believed to be held back.

Security personnel, fire fighters and officials of the Red Cross Society are on ground to assist in rescue operations.

Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Hope Uzodimma, Mr. Emeka Agbo who led some Government officials to the scene told newsmen that more than twenty persons are believed to be trapped in the rubbles.

The cause of the incident is not yet clear but some experts believe it could be as a result of structural defect.

The Vice President Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, Chief Venitius Igiri is expected to lead team of engineers to the scene to assess the development.

 CHINAZO ILECHUKWU