'I feared scaffolding might trap me in burning home'

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'I have endured 48 days of getting up two to three times in the night to check for fire.”

Problems began when work began on July 6, five days earlier than Mrs Akubue had been told it would in a letter.“In my rush to make everything safe, I tripped and fell, bruising my toes.”During the project, Mrs Akubue claimed that the way the scaffolding was placed made her house a fire hazard.

After more than two months of poles and planking around her house, the householder felt the project had reached an unhappy milestone.Mrs Akubue tied a birthday card to the scaffolding when it had been up for 65 days. Picture: Ann Akubue

 

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