A two-story building belonging to a Taraba-based business mogul, Uche Obi has collapsed killing one laborer while three others sustained a high degree of injury.
The building located opposite Taraba State Polytechnic Jalingo, was on the first floor of construction before the incident occurred when the laborers were at work.
Investigation revealed that Obi who deals with building materials is currently facing a legal battle with the Standard Organization of Nigeria at the high court Jalingo over the alleged selling of substandard building materials.
Our Correspondent reports that men of the Security and Civil Defence Corps and the police were seen at the scene trying to rescue the trapped laborers.
Commenting on the sad tragedy, Nigeria Police Public Relations Officer, Taraba State Command, DSP Usman Abdullahi confirmed the incident, noting that they were able to rescue three laborers alive including Bilal Abdulhamid, Ibrahim Adamu, and Markus Sunday who are currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Jalingo, while a47-year-old “Gambo Abubakar” was confirmed dead by the Doctors.
“We are still searching to recover the remain corpses in the collapsed building” disclosed.
He advised the members of the public to always engage building engineers and desist from using sub-standard building materials to avoid the occurrences of such incident that leads to losing lives and property.
Edited by Wendy Nweke