A building collapse at Eke Amawbia Market in Awka, Anambra State, has left many feared dead. The incident occurred around noon on Thursday, causing widespread panic in the area.

Eyewitnesses reported that the two-storey shop building suddenly crumbled, burying numerous vegetable traders beneath the debris.

As of press time, one person has been rescued and rushed to Amawbia Maternity Home for urgent medical attention. However, many more are believed to be trapped inside the wreckage.

A large contingent of police officers has arrived at the scene to coordinate rescue efforts and maintain order. Emergency responders are also working tirelessly to search for survivors amid the rubble.

Traders who witnessed the collapse blamed the disaster on substandard engineering work, alleging that the building’s structural integrity had been compromised.

The atmosphere at the market is tense, with onlookers anxiously waiting for news of loved ones feared trapped in the building.

Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/breaking-dozens-feared-dead-as-two-storey-building-collapses-in-anambra-market/

This is getting much in Anambra

Government should stop them from building upstairs in that state.

A lot of buildings were destroyed too.
God have mercy on us

Hmmm....bad engineering! Rip to the dead

edian:
This is getting much in Anambra

Everything wasted can build a solid bungalow but greed will not allow them to do that.

Sad

thy lord protect and guard us

Mostly land bought on water's ways but they filled it and erected a building there.

So terrible!

inferior materials is evident from the pictures

Building upstairs in a lowland environment need a competent engineers.

I thought the market was renovated by Peter Obi.

Hmmm... Sometimes ago, I read a man using bamboo to replace steel rods while flooring a upstairs... My God save us🙏

Nawa

Hope no be on top the rumble people stand anyhow so?

Abeg, anybody wen wan Build upstairs make dem no dey manage materials again. These collapse issues no be am at all.

I was in Dede market in Abuja few weeks back to do a feasibility study for Qatar steel company that want to exploring Nigeria market. I discovered a lot of rot in the building material markets that responsible for most of building collapse.
Whe you request for 1.5mm, what you get is 0.9mm etc.

Anambra is becoming notorious for building collapse these days, are they trying to rival Lagos or what

imagine how those iron rods are so clean and devoid of debricks

This is tinubu's fault, if cement was cheaper the engineer wouldn't have built substandard

bassdow:
imagine how those iron rods are so clean and devoid of debricks

e come be like say na only sand dem take build am. See as the iron rod no too get concrete sticking onto it. No be byForce to build storeyed Building na

Nothing concern me but E dey mind

Everyday there must be a bad news coming from Nigeria

Dozens o R.I.P

It is well

Hmmmmmmm

Q

Most of these building collapse across Nigeria are direct wickedness of site structural and qualitycontrol officers who compromise integrity for crumbs. The owners are defrauded by everyone except the manual workers who are usually the direct ignorant victims.

The developers didn’t do a good job