A
middle-aged man, Ifeanyi Nzeakor, of Mgbarakuma community at Ubalaka in
the Umuahia South Local GovernmentArea of Abia, was killed when a stall
collapsed at the old Umuahia Main Market.
An eye-witness, Mr. David Ibeji, also a relation of the deceased, told the News Agency of Nigeria, that the structure collapsed on Nzeakor in the early hours of Sunday while he was scavenging for rods at the site.
The stalls are currently being
demolished by the state government after traders were relocated to a
permanent site at Ubani Ibeku.
Ibeji, who was weeping beside the
lifeless body of the deceased, said he and the deceased had gone to
scavenge for rods the victim wanted to use for his building project when
the incident happened.
He said one of the stalls collapsed and hit Nzeakor on the head, killing him instantly.
Ibeji said, “The deceased was my
relation and he was a commercial motorcycle rider. We had come here to
scavenge for rods that he wanted to use on his building that is under
construction.”
Ibeji said the stall collapsed while the deceased was trying to pull out a lengthy rod from the debris.
The Commander-General of the Abia State Vigilance Services, Mr. Martins Mba, who was also at the scene of the incident, told NAN that his men had warned the scavengers to steer clear of the site in order not to endanger their lives.
Mba said, “We have been providing
security here and we have been warning these boys not to come into this
place for their own safety.”
The spokesman of the Abia State Police Command, Mr. Geoffrey Ogbonna, said he was yet to receive report on the incident.
Ogbonna said, “It is unfortunate but I have yet to receive such report.”
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