A major disaster
was averted on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Imo state as a pedestrian
bridge built by the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, at Heroes’
Children’s Park collapsed while the governor was on the bridge.
The incident happened when the governor
stopped over on his way to the Nigerian Union of Journalists
Governorship Debate to interact with some students of Development
Comprehensive Secondary School, Owerri, who were around the park when he
came.
According to reports, Governor Okorocha
asked the students to climb the bridge so he could teach and inspire
them on how to become leaders.
No sooner had the governor started the
teachings, the bridge caved in with the iron bracing of the bridge cut
under the weight of the governor and the students and the students
started exclaiming “Jesus! Jesus!” out of panic.
In the midst of the confusion, the governor appealed to the students saying, “we’re too many here, please jump down”.
The bridge was constructed two years ago by the governor’s administration
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