AS CIVIL ENGINEER ATTRIBUTES COLLAPSE TO BAD TERRAIN, POOR CONSTRUCTION.
About 18 worshippers have so far been confirmed dead with about 50 badly injured following the collapse of REIGNERS Bible Church auditorium during the Bishopric enthronement of its founder, Apostle Akan Weeks.
This is as the Akwa Ibom state Governor Mr Udom Emmanuel has returned to the site of the collapsed Church auditorium to oversee rescue and evacuation efforts after being certified stable by a team of medical professionals at the Government House Clinic.
Correspondent who is on the scene of the disaster to monitor rescue efforts reports that a combined team of Road Safety officers, Civil Defense operatives and the police have so far counted 18 corpses.
About 50 persons have been rushed to neighbouring health facilities including St Luke's Hospital Anua, Lifecare Clinic, Nwaniba and the University of Uyo teaching Hospital.
Some of those rescued have lost their limbs and legs while others are in coma.
In the meantime, a Uyo based civil Engineer Engr Uduak David has attributed the collapse to the bad terrain where the church is sited, explaining that erecting a structure in that terrain disturbed by ravines would have required the engagement of more experts to ascertain that the strength of materials used are such that are needed for that kind of terrain.
"As you can see, this environment is surrounded by ravines. So it is commonplace for this kind of disaster to happen if the right kind of materials are not used. In the case of today's incident, those who constructed this building didn't get the calculations right. Because from my preliminary assessment, the materials in the roof had more weight and so the pillars had to give. "
Vehicular movements along the Uyo village road has increased in the last hour following the incident.

God help us ooo.

O God what is happening to churches this days na.....RIP to the death

why won't all this happen wen they won't employ the services of professionals instead of roadside labour