Some government officials which includes the Secretary to
the State Government Kenneth Ugbala; Commissioner for Internal Security,
Stanley Okoro Emegha; Special Assistant to the Governor on Capital Territory,
Chinyelu Udoku and Chairman of Abakaliki Capital Territory Development Board
(ACTDB) Dr Uche Onwe have visited the site.
While Ugbala directed the immediate sealing of the site and
demolition of the building, Emegha ordered the arrest of the site engineer.
Udoku asked the ACTDB to produce the staff that approved the building and all
those in charge of monitoring the construction.
Onwe on the other hand said investigations revealed that
sub-standard materials were used for the building which also had lots of
structural defects. He added that those found culpable will be arrested and
prosecuted.
The ACTDB boss said;
“The Engineer attached to the building did not do any
professional work. The quality of iron rods, the mixture, concreting are not up
to standard.
“You can see we have sealed it, there is a lot of
compromises even from the foundation.
“The building is going to be demolished today and evacuated.
Every building has a town planner, an Engineer and a professional builder
attached but in the course of construction these people compromise
“This structure wasn’t approved during my time but we take
responsibility for it because government is a continum.
“We will trace the file to know if it was actually approved
for three story and if it followed the stipulated standard.
“We will make arrests and prosecuted them as soon as
possible."
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