Water Tank Collapses In Benin, Killing Lady Living In Next Compound
An overhead water storage tank has collapsed, crushing a 34 year-old lady, Joy Amadi, to death in Benin.
The incident, it was learnt, occurred on August 4 at Enagbare Street, off Lucky Street in Ikpoba Okha LGA of Edo State.
The deceased was said to have been in her room when the tank erected in a neighbour’s new building, collapsed, penetrating the roofing sheet and crushing her to death.
Reporters who visited the scene of the incident, said that the family of the deceased, has been plunged into grief.
In an interview, the deceased mother, Mrs Beatrice Amadi, said her daughter was inside helping her to shell melon when the tragedy struck.
She said her late daughter was a teacher at a private school in the area, but did not go to work because she had free periods throughout the day.
She described Joy as kind, humble and hardworking person, who helped the family to pay their house rent.
Mrs Amadi described the death of her daughter as devastating, which had left a vacuum in the family, and would be difficult to fill.
“Since Joy grew up, I have neither swept this house nor washed my clothes. She did everything and even helped to pay our house rent.
“I will wish a lot about her. It will be difficult to live without my daughter,” the grieving mother mourned.
The deceased father, Mr Michael Amadi, said he was at work when he received a distressed call.
“When I returned home, I met people gathered at my residence where the sad news was broken to me.”
Meanwhile, people who spoke to reporters, blamed the incident on a shoddy job by the engineer handling the project.
They said the neighbour’s new house belonged to somebody who lived abroad.
“You know our people now, perhaps because the owner is not around, the engineer carried out a shoddy job.
“Unfortunately, the thing left the compound to kill the lady in the next house,” one of the sources said.
However, Mr Amadi said the site engineer had been arrested by the police, while the corpse of her daughter had been deposited at an undisclosed morgue.
The deceased family hails from Affa in Udi local government area of Enugu State.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Edo Police Command SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said he was yet to be briefed.
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