By CHARLES IWUOHA

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, has sympathised with the 3 families of the who their love ones died during a building collapse at the popular Ekeaja market in Uburu, Ohaozara Local government Area of the state on Friday.

In a statement on Saturday signed by his special Assistant on Media and publicity, Mr Francis Nwaze, said Umahi received with rude shock the disturbing and unfortunate news of the toppling of a part of the roof of one of the shades at the Ekeaja Market which resulted the lost of three lives while two others were hospitalized.

According to the statement, the governor described the incident as catastrophic.

The statement further stated that the state government has reached out to others who sustained various degrees of injury during the incident.

"We have received the news of the unfortunate incident of the toppling of a part of one of the shades at Ekeaja market and the death of three persons in the incident with rude shock.

"As mortals, we can not question God but we pray fervently for God Almighty to grant the victims rest in his bosom and comfort their families."

Governor Umahi while appealing to families of the deceased to uphold the outcome as the will of God, prayed for the quick recovery of those who sustained injuries during the collapse.

"We however pray that God Almighty grants the hospitalized survivors quick recovery and reintegration with their families."

Governor Umahi, however, directed the Police and other relevant agencies to immediately launch a full-scale investigation to unearth the immediate and remote causes of the incident.

"I, therefore, implore our Security Agencies to work with the Engineers at the Ministry of Works and the contractor of the project to immediately mobilize for a thorough investigation into this unfortunate incident to unravel the causes of the ugly occurrence as a way of averting reoccurrence."

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