By our reporter
Following the collapse of an 8-storey building in Owerri, the Imo state capital, the Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has ordered the arrest of the owner of the collapse building.
The governor who gave the directive while on a visits to the site of the collapsed building on Friday, also vowed to prosecute the erring contractor as well as revoke the Certificate of Occupancy of the land.
Uzodinma said, “it is quite unfortunate that the developers violated the lockdown order of the state Govt by embarking on construction work during the lockdown”.
He also lamented that the developers did not follow the authorized plan of the state government on the building.
The governor also commiserated with the families of those affected.
This comes as emergency officials recovered two more dead bodies from the rubble of the collapsed building.
A team of rescue officials comprising the Red Cross and Owerri Capital Development Authority evacuated the bodies from the scene of the incident today.
It would be recalled that on Thursday, a number of persons killed in the building collapse rose to four following the death of two persons.
While 12 people have been rescued, many are still trapped including a woman and her two kids.
