Rumuokwurusi Flyover Didn’t Collapse, RSG Insists

The Rivers State Government has dismissed viral video making the rounds alleging the collapse of a section of the ongoing Rumuokwurusi Flyover construction in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
In a statement, yesterday, Special Assistant (Media and Documentation) to the Commissioner for Works, Rivers State, Dornubari Kiinee, said that the video was a figment of the imagination of its fabricators.
The statement added that nothing of such had happened anywhere near any flyover being constructed by the state government, saying that Julius Berger was about the best construction company, and that no part of the jobs it was handling had collapsed in any part of the state.
The statement reads in full, “Our attention has been drawn to a misleading narrative concerning the incident that occurred at the Rumukwurushi (Tank) Flyover project site yesterday, Saturday, 6 August, 2022.
“What happened yesterday was not an issue of structural failure but was entirely an accident caused by some careless heavy equipment operators.
“Routine construction works were going on the site when an excavator horizontally collided with an already launched beam while trying to assist a tipper that got stuck. The beam moved out of place and made impact on other beams. This caused damage to the beams on that row.
“The erroneous narrative being propagated by mischief-makers is with the sole aim of causing unnecessary panic amongst unsuspecting members of the public.
“The good people of Rivers State should disregard it in its entirety because there is no cause for alarm whatsoever. The structural integrity of the 10th flyover is not in dispute in anyway. What happened was an avoidable incident caused by two careless equipment operators.
“To the glory of God there was no casualty. The management of Julius Berger has been swiftly notified by the Honourable Commissioner for Works; the damaged beams will be removed and new ones will be re-launched. There is no need for panic as the situation is fully under control”.