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.
The two workers were trapped inside the building and were rescued after some hours through an operation led by officials of the state Ministry of Capital Territory, Ministry of Works and security agencies.
PUNCH Metro reports the rescued labourers are currently hospitalised at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the AE-FUTHA II and were responding to treatment when our correspondent visited them on Wednesday afternoon.
Nkwegu, who supplied mixed concrete to the two workers inside the building, thanked God for saving him and the two workers.
