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The government of Rivers state has refuted the viral reports of structural defect on one of its flyover bridges at Rumukrushi in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!It will be recalled that on Saturday videos and photos of the alleged collapse of a section of the flyover supposedly the 10th bridge being constructed by Governor Nyesom Wike went viral.
It was discovered that an excavator horizontally collided with a launched beam while trying to pull out a tipper that got trapped while construction was still ongoing. The project is being handled by Julius Berger PLC and the management of the firm is said to have been notified.
still ongoing. The project is being handled by Julius Berger PLC and the management of the firm is said to have been notified.
In his reaction, Special Assistant (Media & Documentation) to the Hon. Commissioner for Works, Rivers State, Dornubari Kiinee, said
what happened on Saturday was not an issue of structural failure but was entirely an accident caused by some careless heavy equipment
operators. He described an earlier report on the incident as a misleading narrative.
“Routine construction works were going on the site when an excavator horizontally collided with an already launched beam while trying to
assist a tipper that got stuck. The beam moved out of place and made an impact on other beams. This caused damage to the beams on that row.
“The erroneous narrative being propagated by mischief-makers is with the sole aim of causing unnecessary panic amongst unsuspecting members of the public.
“The good people of Rivers State should disregard it in its entirety because there is no cause for alarm whatsoever. The structural
integrity of the 10th flyover is not in dispute in any way. What happened was an avoidable incident caused by two careless equipment operators.
“To the glory of God, there was no casualty. The management of Julius Berger has been swiftly notified by the Honourable Commissioner for
Works; the damaged beams will be removed and new ones will be relaunched. There is no
need for panic as the situation is fully under control”, Kiinee said in the statement.
