A collapsed fence along the Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent in the Wuse 2 area of the Federal Capital Territory, has killed two construction workers, leaving four others injured, SEVANEWS has learnt.
Witnesses said the fence, belonging to a UBA Bank, collapsed on the construction workers who were excavating the site for foundation work to commence.
A source who confirmed this to our reporter and don’t her name to appear , said she owns a Salon in the collapse building beside it .
Confirming the incident, the Head of Operations of the FCT Federal Fire Service, Engineer Amiola Adebayo, who spoke to pressmen at the site, said of the 6 construction workers who had been trapped under the fallen fence, 4 had been rescued alive while two were confirmed dead
He added that the construction workers had failed to erect an embankment wall between the collapsed fence and the site of the ongoing construction, while carrying out the excavation, causing the fence to fall on the workers.
“This morning by 12’ o clock noon, we had a distress call that there was a building collapse at the former site of Access Bank, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, and we mobilised our men here promptly. Here we have NEMA, Red Cross, Federal Fire Service, FCT Fire Service, Civil Defence, all stakeholders, and by the grace of God, out of the 6 people that were trapped, 4 have been rescued alive, 2 were fatally injured. They were all taken to the Asokoro General Hospital for medical attention.
“The building was under construction, and the adjacent fence to the main building under construction collapsed on the men that were working on the site. No embankment or retaining wall was introduced while they were excavating the site where the building will be situated, so the adjacent wall fell on top of the people that were working on the site
Two artisans were on Wednesday killed while four others were seriously injured when the fence of an adjoining building collapsed on them at the Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.