A church building has reportedly collapsed, killing a pastor and injuring four others in Makurdi, Benue State.
An eyewitness who identified himself as Nath said, the deceased, a pastor of Dunamis Church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, Benue State capital was praying with four other persons who sustained varying degrees of injury when the building collapsed on them, on Monday.
Continuing he said, “As soon as we heard the collapse of the building, we rushed to the place in an attempt to rescue them. It took some minutes before we could rescue the victims.
“Four people were injured and one person we later understand to be the pastor was found dead,” the eyewitness disclosed.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bartholomew Onyeka, confirmed the incident to journalists on Tuesday.
He said, “Something like that happened, just one person died in the process.
“You know when debris falls on people like that, the immediate reaction is what happens to the victims. So, people who rushed there were able to rescue four people; unfortunately, one person died. The injured persons are responding to treatment in a hospital where they were taken to,” he said.
