Rivers: Fubara Seals Off Collapsed 5-storey Building Site, Orders Probe

Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered a complete closure of the site of a five- storey building which collapsed on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others in Port Harcourt.




Fubara, who visited the site of the disaster on Thursday to assess the situation, said the site will remain “completely sealed off” until the  government gets to the “root cause” of the incident.

The governor was accompanied on the inspection visit by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Sir Amairigha Edward-Hart, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Special Duties, Dabite Sokari-George.

He described the incident as unfortunate b...