20 People Escape Being Crushed to Death as Speaker's House Collapses in Enugu

 

A tragic incident has left about 20 construction workers thankful after they escaped death on Thursday when a building believed to be owned by the Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Edward Ubosi, collapsed.

 

The construction workers working at the location sustained serious injuries. It was gathered that the building was one of the houses on an estate said to be allocated to the members of the Enugu State House of Assembly.

 

However, no life was lost in the incident. A source in the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the agency had, in August 2016, given an order for work to stop in all the buildings on the estate.

 

The source expressed regrets that the order was flouted, despite the fact that most of the owners of the buildings under construction are lawmakers. Efforts to get the reaction of the Speaker were not successful as of the time of filing this report.