Lagos killing more than 70 worshippers
, another church building has collapsed in Benin
city. the Edo state capital on Friday, September 19,
2014.
Three persons are feared dead as a storey building
belonging to Christ Chosen Church of God located at
Usama street, Uzebu quarters in Benin City
collapsed.
The states Police commissioner, Folunso Adebanjo,
who visited the scene after the collapse, expressed
shock over the incident, saying that the Command
would investigate the cause of the incident.
The building which collapsed was the church office
and residence of church officials.
One body has been removed from the rubble while
two persons are still trapped.
According to reports, there were nine workers hired
at N3000 per day who were working in the building
on the day the building collapsed. Three of the
workers escaped death by the whiskers as they
stepped out of the building to eat before the tragedy.
Five were rescued from the building but came out
with broken limbs.
Angry residents went violent and set a bus belonging
to the church on fire and destroyed the worship
auditorium of the church.
They blamed the church for the tragedy saying they
used manual labour to demolish the building instead
of hiring an excavator.
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