Demolition of church building goes wrong, 5 killed

A church building in Kaduna State which was in process of being demolished collapsed on workers, killing five and injuring others, Tribune reports.

The building had not been in use since 2011, and was contracted to Mohammed Idris to demolish it. Idris, in turn, employed 25 workers to demolish the building.

While the workers were manually demolishing the building, the decking collapsed, trapping 15, four died on the scene whilst one died in hospital.

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