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From Tony Osauzo, Benin
Tragedy struck at Idumoza community, Uromi, Esan North East Local Government, Edo State, where a hotel under construction collapsed and killed its owner,Andrew Isesere.
The remains of the deceased owner was reportedly pulled out of the rubble yesterday (Sunday) morning.
According to witnesses, the building collapsed last Friday, trapping the owner inside, while over 20 workers at the site narrowly escaped death.
Neighbours ,who spoke to journalists ,said they cautioned the owner about the quality of materials used for the constuction.
“The owner was told that he was using low quality material. He used 12mm instead of 16mm rods for the pillars. There was no base basket at the pillars. Look at the result.
“The building collapsed because of substandard materials that were used. There was no engineer on site. The dead owner supervised the house. The house later collapsed and killed him ,but some workers escaped”, Andrew Inegbebor said.
Edo State Police Public Relations Officer( PPRO)Moses Yamu, said he was yet to receive brief from the Divisional Police Officer(DPO), in charge of Uromi polce Division on the incident.
