Operatives from the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) has rescued about 200 people including students from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) Awka, Anambra State from death, as a 3-storey dilapidated building collapsed in the state capital.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, the building located at Ifite-Awka near Unizik collapsed around 10:15 pm on Wednesday without any occupant inside the building.
It was gathered that before the unfortunate incident, the development control unit of the ACTDA had earlier taken decisive action and evacuated all the occupants from the building.
Speaking to Journalists shortly after sealing off the building for investigation, the Agency’s Deputy Commandant in charge of Rapid Response, Mr Henry Uchechukwu Nabolisa, said the collapse was majorly caused by soakaways spread across the four walls of the building, noting that the structure has more than 10 soakaways surrounding the entire compound.
Mr Nabolisa while warning other residents in the state not to delay reporting any collapse signal to the relevant authority for prompt intervention, noted that no life was lost and no injury was recorded in the incident.
