The Enugu State Government (ENSG), on Saturday, demolished a sinking three-storey building within the Maryland Layout axis of Enugu South Local Government Area, Enugu metropolis. Speaking to newsmen while inspecting the sinking building, the State’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Greg Nnaji, expressed sadness over the inability of individuals to follow adequate procedures of constructing buildings. Earlier, some of the occupants of the building, Mr Lazarus Okoye, Mrs Rita Chukwu and Mr Ugochukwu Okorie, said they heard a mysterious sound around 2 a.m. early on Saturday. However, they said that they never knew it was the sound of the sinking ground floor of the building they heard. At the time of filing this report, over 50 per cent of the remaining building had been demolished by the Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 02, 2020 06:11 UTC