The
wall of Urua market Ederebo in Ikot Akpatek in Onna local government
area of Akwa Ibom state, collapsed on Monday, December 19, killing two
market women.
No fewer than 17 others sustained injuries and
were taken to Immanuel General Hospital, Eket for medical attention, The
Punch reports.
This comes barely nine days after a church
building collapsed in the state during the consecration of its pastor as
a Bishop, leaving many worshippers dead and others injured.
An eyewitness, Edet Jack, said some of the victims
who were thought to have been dead in the incident, were revived on
arrival at the hospital.
It was gathered that three years ago, the government renovated some sections of the 60-year old market.
Ephraim Inyangeyen, the commissioner of works, who
led an emergency rescue team to the scene of the incident denied that
no life was lost, while asking people to stop spreading unverifiable
report.
An eyewitness strongly opposed denial by the commissioner that no life was lost in the incident.
