Enugu Building Collapse: Pregnant Woman Killed

A four-bedroom bun
galow, built on the hilly Ologo settlement in Enugu North local government area of Enugu State, collapsed Sunday night, killing a pregnant woman and injuring her husband and another tenant.
The woman, Mrs. Chinasa Chukwuka, and her husband were in their room, when part of the hill behind their house collapsed during a downpour and pulled the house down.
An eyewitness said that the woman died before she could be rescued from the rubble, while her husband, Emeka, was successfully pulled out, but fainted thereafter. He was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Their neighbours, Mr. Cyril Jaja, who occupy two rooms in the same house with his son, however, sustained a minor injury, but all their belongings were destroyed.
The owner of the building, Mr. Joseph Nwoye, from Ishielu in Ebonyi State, who resides in one of the three houses he built in the same area, said that the house collapsed around 10pm Sunday, shortly after he held a meeting with his tenants and told them to relocate to another apartment he secured for them after sensing that the building was in danger.
He said that during a downpour in Enugu last Thursday, a heavy stone rolled from the hill and hit the building, giving an indication that the hill could collapse.
However, Mr. Nwoye (the landlord), who was arrested by policemen from Ikilike Police Station,  said amidst sobs that the woman’s death would have been averted if the family had heeded his advice to vacate the house.