One year after, police arrest man allegedly responsible for Uyo building collapse

The police in Akwa Ibom State said they have arrested a man allegedly responsible for the collapse of a four-storey building in September last year in Uyo.

The building, at Iman Street, off Aka Road, Uyo, was supposed to be a six-storey building. The contractors were on the fourth floor when it collapsed, PREMIUM TIMES had reported.

The South-south Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Godwin Tepikor, had told reporters that two persons died in the incident.