Following the sudden collapse of a four storey building in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, some youths have blamed security personnel for late intervention.
The incident l, which occurred early morning of Wednesday, June 24, 2026, resulted in one casualty with several persons injured.
One of youths, who pleaded anonymity, while speaking to Kristina Reports Correspondent at the scene of the incident, explained that there are several victims that are covered with the debris from the collapse.
He blame the security personnel for restricting youths who were out to recover some persons during the early stages of the collapse.
“No be these police people wey dey do anyhow. As the thing happen, we come out to help to see weda we go see people, because people been dey inside, them no gree.”
“Them just dey pursue us. Na the Hausa boys them na im force themselves inside, we come follow them but by then, e don dey late.”
Also speaking with Kristina Reports, a young lady explained how she miraculously escaped from the scene.
According to her, she was leaving the building, which she described as an hotel still under construction, when the collapse happened.
“Na God save me, because I enter inside the hotel today, with one woman wey dey sell food, as I come out, wan cross road, the next thing I hear na bamboo dey break, one boy fall down from up reach ground, the next thing everything just fall.”
Kristina Reports team which was at the scene of the incident this evening, reports that evacuation of the debris to recover bodies was still ongoing as at the time of this report.
Efforts to reach the various security agencies to have their reaction proved abortive as at the time of this report.