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Three persons have been confirmed dead after a mast belonging to one of telecommunications companies in Nigeria, and a signage pole collapsed in Port Harcourt yesterday.
The structures collapsed following a torrential rain, claiming the lives of a 16-year-old girl and her little brother while their mother identified as Mrs Eucharia Charles escaped unharmed.
“The signboard also hit coach on his head,’’ a witness said, referring to the third victim as coach, the deceased’s identity in the community.
“We don’t just understand how the thing happened. Everything was very fast,” the witness added.
While the telecoms service provider that owns the mast is yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report, and authorities yet to address the mast collapse issue, Chukwudi Dimkpa, managing director of Rivers State Signage and Advertising Agency, said the signage pole fell upon impact by the telecoms mast.
Dimkpa stated this when he visited the scene of the disaster.
He noted that many signage poles in Port Harcourt were not properly maintained, just as he said effort would be intensified to inspect other signage poles in the state to avoid future occurrences of collapse.
“Almost all the practitioners are aware of what it means for a pole to collapse. We have been harping on proper maintenance.
“It is unfortunate that this incident happened when the rain was falling. We sympathize with the families of those that lost their loved ones.
“We will investigate what actually happened to that signage pole and take necessary actions,” Dimkpa said.
The incident occurred at the Mile 3 axis of Port Harcourt.