Ibadan Building Collapse: COREN Says No Fatality - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 16, 2019
The Chief Inspector, Council for theRegulation of Engineering in Nigeria in Oyo State, Sam Adeleke, says no lifelost in the building collapse in Ibadan.
Adeleke made this known at the sceneof the incident, after a meeting some Landlords in the area.
A two-storey building, situatedbeside Kajola Mosque, Sogoye Bustop, along Idi Arere-Molete Road, Ibadan hadcollapsed on Friday.
The Chief Inspector, who is incharge of Engineering Regulation Monitoring of COREN, led officials of theNational Emergency Management Agency and the Institute of Town Planners andArchitecture, among others, to the scene.
He said the team would continueinvestigations into the cause of the incident; and promised to brief newsmen afterits preliminary findings.
Meanwhile, Mudinat Oladejo, whowitnessed the collapse of the building, said that eight persons, includingbricklayers and a food vendor, were inside the building when it collapsed.