A three storey building has partially collapsed in the old Port Harcourt township, Rivers State.
The building which is situated at No. 112 Bende Street caved in at about 2.00am on Wednesday, June 29.
It was gathered that the building which was constructed over seven decades ago, has been in a deplorable state for the past four years.
The building was said to have been marked for demolition by the Rivers State Ministry of Urban Planning and Development since 2018, but was not demolished before a part of it carved in today.
A witness said no life was lost just as there were no occupant in the building.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Iringe Grace Koko, who confirmed the incident, said there was no occupant in the building before it collapsed.
Meanwhile, officials of the Ministry of Urban Development and Physical Planning are currently working with the owners of the property to pull it down completely to forestall any further disaster.
