Chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA, Amb. Chijioke Visits Site Of Collapse Building in Iriebe, Invites Owner To Council For interrogation

Chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA, Amb. Chijioke Visits Site Of Collapse Building in Iriebe, Invites Owner To Council For interrogation

Chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA of Rivers State, Amb. Chijioke Ihunwo on tuesday visited the site of a building that collapsed in Iriebe community.

Preliminary findings indicate that the collapse occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, October 29th, while construction was on the third floor.

While it is not certain if there are human casualties under the rubble, A has ordered the immediate closure of the site.

Amb. Chijioke Ihunwo while expressing sadness over the loss orderd for the immediate closure of the site and asked the owner (yet unknown) of the property to report to his office on Wednesday alongside his site engineer for questioning.

“The collapse is quite unfortunate and as a local government, we have closed down this site with immediate effect and instructed the owner of the building to furnish us with the necessary building approval from the ministry of Urban development. For now, we cannot ascertain if someone is under the rubble.”

The Chairman also questioned the quality of materials used in the construction.

“You can see for yourself the kind of materials used for this project and that is why we are inviting the owner of the building for interrogation so that he can tell us why he is using substandard materials for this kind of building.”

Ambassador Chijioke Ihunwo also indicated plans to work with the Rivers State Ministry of Urban Development to ascertain if the ministry actually approved the building plan.

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