We cried for help when Delta church building collapsed on us, children –Worshippers - Punch Newspapers

It was an emotionally charged milieu as sympathisers condoled with families whose loved ones were among the dead and injured victims of a church building which collapsed during service in Okpanam in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday.

The church is one of the branches of the church led by Pastor David Ibiyeomie based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A statement by the church when Ibiyeomie visited the injured in a hospital indicated that the owner of the building authorised the removal of a pillar in the structure during church service.

“The church, shocked by the development, approached its landlord, the former owner, who confirmed the sale of the building and offered to refund the subsisting rent.Attempts by the church authorities to negotiate with the new owner did not yield any result as he was adamant on recovering his property. Things came to a head, when during the church service he authorised the removal of a pillar in the building.

Men of the Delta State Emergency Management Agency, fire service and the state police command were part of the rescue team as trapped children cried under the rubble of the collapsed building. Ugochukwu “After the preaching by the man of God and it was time for Holy Communion, the man of God told us that it was not for everybody but for people with critical conditions, those with illnesses such as diabetes, HIV and cancer. We were there listening, then all of a sudden we discovered that there was a great noise. It was like magic, what we saw was that everybody was bending down. My baby was at my back and the older one was in the children’s department.

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