Another Church building collapses, this time in Edo State again

Is it a season of church building collapse? First, in this month alone, it was a building of Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos which killed up to 115 people, and then days later, it was Christ Chosen Church of God in Edo State which killed three.

Just yesterday, September 28, another church in the state, Liberty Power Bible Church a.k.a Power Palace, collapsed after a heavy rainstorm. No live was however lost in the disaster which occurred one hour after close of service.

The roof and pillars of the building, which appeared to be under construction, fell on another building.

The owner of the damaged building, Ajor Sylvanus, was quoted to have said that said the church collapsed at about 1:45pm.

He said his brother narrowly escaped being hit by the collapsing church pillars.

He told reporters that he had repeatedly warned the pastor of the church over the kind of materials being used for the construction.

His words: “The storm that followed the rain was much but I have been complaining about the building structure. The pastor built the church like a fence, no pillar. The block is just ordinary sand. I have been telling him that no pillar would cause the building to collapse.

“The building fell on my building and damaged many things. I thanked God that nobody died. When the pastor came, he was concerned about the musical instrument in his church and thanked God that his church members were not around when the building fell. I had to call the police. The building has already cracked and I have been warning the pastor that the building will collapse.”