Two-storey building collapses in Anambra, with no fatalities

A two-storey residential building collapsed in Inyaba-Umudim, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, without causing any deaths.

Chijioke Ojukwu, the state commissioner for physical planning and urban development, confirmed the collapse after visiting the site on Monday. He described the incident as unfortunate but said he was relieved that no fatalities had been recorded.

Authorities served notice on occupants of a nearby three-storey building, which shares a compound with the collapsed structure. The occupants will be evacuated to allow officials to carry out an integrity test and assess the building’s safety.

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The building was poorly constructed, it was built without the requisite approval of the ministry. It was built on a wall fence of an existing three-storey building by a developer.

Ojukwu said the collapsed building had been poorly constructed and lacked the ministry’s required approval. He said a developer had built it on the wall fence of the existing three-storey building.

Buildings in the neighborhood will undergo mandatory integrity tests. The commissioner said structures that fail will be demolished, along with buildings resting on other buildings’ perimeter fences, those violating setback rules, and those built without the necessary approval.

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We will evacuate all the occupants of the three-storey building, which shares the same compound with the collapsed building.