south-west Nigeria.
One person has been killed and three others injured
after an elevator at the Odu’a Investment Company Limited (OICL) a
suffered mechanical failure.
The incident at the 25-storey building, popularly known as the
Cocoa House, occurred on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital.
This was confirmed in a statement by the Head of Corporate
Affairs at the company, Mr Victor Ayetoro.
Ayetoro explained that the incident occurred at about 11am when
a team from the company’s contractor handling the installation of
the new lift visited the building.
He revealed that the team was working on the elevator installed
to improve the efficiency of work at Cocoa House when it suffered a
mechanical failure.
The company’s spokesman noted that this resulted in the lift
crashing into the basement pit which led to the death of one
of the technicians with three others injured.
According to him, the injured technicians were immediately taken
to the hospital for check-up and treatment.
The company condoled with the family of the late technician and
prayed that God should grant repose to his soul and give his loved
ones the fortitude to bear the loss.
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Read the full statement issued by Ayetoro
below:
Incident at Cocoa House
At around 11am this morning, the lift installation team from our
contractor handling the installation of the new lift to improve the
efficiency of work at Odu’a Investment Company Limited while
working on the lift suffered a mechanical failure.The said failure resulted in the lift car dropping and
crashing into the basement pit.Unfortunately, one of the technicians in the team did not
survive the incident.Three other technicians suffered minor injuries and have
been taken to the hospital for check-up/ treatment.The head office of the company has been informed and their
representatives have arrived to take charge of the situation while
the Police have also been informed.We sympathise with the family of the deceased and pray that God
Almighty in His infinite mercy will grant repose to the lost soul
and give the family the fortitude to bear the loss. Amen.Victor Ayetoro
Head, Corporate Affairs
OICL
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah,
has called for a sense of urgency in trying to salvage the
country.
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He said the frustration in the country is rising by the day,
adding that this could be seen in the rise in domestic violence and
inter-communal conflicts.
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In his sermon at the wake mass for Archbishop Peter Yariyock
Jatau at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral, Kaduna on Tuesday, Kukah
rebuked corrupt politicians, accusing them of adopting
contractocracy as a governance mechanism.
He said: “Today, our dear nation is like the proverbial farmer
searching for his black goat. He has to do it with a sense of
urgency because darkness is setting in as the sun quickly
recedes.
“Our nation has become one huge waste land, huge debris of the
deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity. Nigerian
politicians have turned our politics into a huge trojan horse, a
hoax, a hall of guile and dissimulation.
“The levels of frustration are rising by the day and we can see
all this in the rise in domestic violence and inter-communal
conflicts. A combination of all these has turned us unto a nation
at war with itself,” he said.
Kukah, in the sermon, also spoke about shortcomings in governance
and how the failings have imparted negatively on the citizens.
In the sermon titled, “A Nation in Search of Its Soul”, Kukah
mocked corrupted government officials who pretend to be religious
while wallowing in sinful lifestyle.
“Nigerians complain that the country is full of churches and
mosques and they cannot find the values of these religions in
everyday life. We sin at home by stealing the nation’s resources
but we seek repentance and forgiveness in Saudi Arabia and
Jerusalem in the guise of lesser or higher pilgrimages,” he
stated.
Kukah said remembering Jatau is an opportunity to recall the
contributions of Christian missionaries and Christian education to
laying the foundation for the production of the quality and calibre
of men and women of yesterday whose legendary moral fiber still
resonates in Nigeria today.