Ogun: Scores feared dead in collapsed multi-million naira shopping complex
http://www.gatewaymail.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sympathisers-at-the-collapsed-building-site..jpgNIGERIA: SCORES of construction workers were believed to have been trapped in an early morning building
collapse in the popular Itoku Market in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
So far, six victims have been were rescued alive in the rubbles after the supposedly multi-million naira six story-building market complex crashed at 9am on Friday (today).
They have been rushed to the hospital for treatment, while the state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who rushed to the scene, was seen assisting in the rescue efforts.
Eyewitness told GatewayMail that the complex being built by three contractors –Validdus Construction Services, James Town Development and Hakmode Ventures – collapsed at the time workers just resumed for early morning commencement of work.
Two hours after the crash, many workers were believed to still be trapped while the entire Itoku area was jam-packed with symphatizers and family members who came to search for their loved ones working on site.
Amosun, who was shocked and jittery on arrival, was seen frantically directing the rescue operations and indeed went inside the wreckage calling on the trapped workers to know the spot where they were for the rescue team to identify and evacuate them.
The combined team of men of the Fire Services, Ogun State Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, medical officials and environmental marshals were among other agencies carrying out the rescue operations.
Amosun, who said he had requested for crane to evacuate the debris, however, pleaded with the people to be patient as frantic efforts were being made by the team to save the lives of the trapped workers.
