At least five persons died when a building collapsed at Angwan Dosa, Kaduna North Local Government Area of the Kaduna State on Saturday.
An eyewitness said the uninhabited building had been owned by the St. Faith Catholic Church, but sold to Alhaji Suleiman Danzaria in he wake of the 2011 political violence.
It was also learnt that the owner of the property contracted the demolishing of the building to one Alhaji Mohammed Idris.
Alhaji Idris and 25 workers came on Saturday to demolish the building. However, an eyewitness said, "we just heard some sound from where I’m sitting now only for us to rush down there to discover that the building had collapsed on the workers. They were demolishing the building manually. We expected that they make use of heavy equipment. You can see what ignorance had caused."
10 workers managed to escape unhurt, four died on the spot and another died at a private hospital.
The Kaduna Sate Deputy Governor Ambassador, Nuhu Bajoga, visited the scene of the incident, and warned property owners in the state against using sub-standard equipment during construction.
He noted that the incident would have been avoided if the right equipment had been employed.
The deputy governor sympathised with the family of the five deceased.
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