13 escape death in Cross River building collapse

A two-storey building under construction collapsed in Calabar, Cross River State, on Saturday.

However, 10 persons were working in the building located at Muri Nta Eke Street off Ikot Eyo in the state capital when it came down.

He added that 10 workers had been declared safe by emergency responders.

The state’s Commissioner for information, Eric Anderson, who confirmed the incident to journalists, said: “13 people were originally working at the site but three of them took a break before the incident, leaving 10 on ground when the building collapsed.

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“We can account for the 10 persons but the security guard told us that a boy was seen at the site seconds before the collapse.

” So we are here with our equipment to make sure we get to the bottom of the rubble, it is obvious that the contractor who happens to be the owner of the structure was also the site engineer and building engineer and all.”

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