A three-storey building has collapsed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The building, situated at the popular Bende street in old Port Harcourt township, reportedly caved in on Wednesday morning.
The incident was confirmed by the Rivers State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Fringe Grace Koko.
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According to Fringe, there was nobody inside the building when the old structure collapsed.
An eyewitness who spoke with newsmen, said the building was erected decades ago, and caved in at around 2.00 am on Wednesday.
“The building was one of the oldest buildings in Port Harcourt known as a colonial building. I believe it’s one of the abandoned properties in Port Harcourt after the civil war.
“It caved in at about 2.00 am Wednesday but no life was lost. There were no occupants in the building as of the time it collapsed,” he told Daily Trust.
See photos from the incident below.
This is coming just months after a building housing several classrooms at Diamond Grammar College, Ikang under Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River has reportedly collapse.
The collapsed structure led to the death of four students, leaving several others injured.
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