By-Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt
At least three persons have been reported to have lost their lives, while many were injured when a two-storey building under construction collapsed in Rivers State.
The incident happened on Saturday along Isi Ewu road, Mbodo Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The information available to Tribune correspondent is that the dead victims were labourers working at the site of the two-storey building when the incident occurred, even as some persons sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital.
Some eyewitnesses at the site of the incident said that the intervention of the Ikwerre Local Government Chairman, Dr Samuel Nwanosike and the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps prevented more casualties.
