How I survived death at Ebonyi building collapse – Labourer

A labourer, Nkwegu Shadrach, has narrated why he was not affected by the building collapse that occurred on Tuesday evening in the  Abakaliki metropolis of Ebonyi State.

The three-storey building located within the premises of the Alex Ekwueme  Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki I, Ebonyi State,  collapsed when some construction workers were working inside it.

The building, which collapsed to the foundation level, is owned by the member representing Afikpo North/East State Constituency in the Ebonyi  House of Assembly, Hon. Ukie Ezeali.

The construction workers who were inside the building when the disaster occurred included a mason man, Celestine Arua and a physically challenged labourer, Egwu Ogbonnia.