Collapsed building buries pregnant woman, injures others in Enugu [PHOTOS]

A pregnant woman was on Sunday buried
in the rubble of a 4-bedroom bungalow
which collapsed in Enugu.
It also left the victim’s husband and several
others injured.
The incident, which occurred at about 10
pm shortly after the victims had gone to
bed was caused by eruption in a nearby
hill.
It was gathered that the bungalow, located
at Ologo, New Site in Enugu North Local
Government of Enugu State collapsed when
some parts of a hill surrounding all the
houses in the area fell on top of buildings
in the area.
A resident of the area told DailyPost that
the late pregnant woman identified as
Chinasa Chukwuka was buried inside the
house by the rubbles.
The resident further stated that all efforts
to unearth the woman alive proved
abortive, adding that her husband, Emeka
Chukwuka became unconscious after
sympathisers managed to pull him out.
The owner of the collapsed building, Mr
Joseph Nwoye from Ebonyi State told
DailyPost that he discussed with Mr.
Chukwuka before the incident occurred.
He said he told the tenants,
including the husband of the late
pregnant woman to find another
accommodation last week when some
stones from the hill destroyed parts of the
house after a heavy rain.
He further disclosed that the late pregnant
woman had prior to the sad development
rejected the alternative accommodation he
got for them, on the grounds that she did
not like it.
Nwoye, who was overtaken by grief stated
that the incident happened few minutes
after he had discussed the accommodation
issue with the husband of the late woman.
According to him, “after discussing with her
husband, I went inside to sleep and shortly
after that, I heard a loud noise and we
came out to discover that the house has
collapsed. The pregnant woman died on
the spot. My son fainted after the incident.
It was raining heavily when it happened.
“After we heard a loud noise, we ran out
and pulled out Mr Emeka Chukwuka alive. I
bought the land in 2010. The 2nd tenant,
Cyril Jaja sustained injury. I have asked
them to find another place before”.