The parents of Joy Amadi, a 34-year-old private school teacher have been thrown into mourning and deep sorrow after an overhead tank in their neighbor’s compound collapsed on their house and crushed her to death in her room.
The tragic incident which claimed the lady who recently completed her National Youth Service Corps, NYSC programme occurred on Aug. 4 in Enagbare Street, off Lucky Street in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo.
It was learnt that deceased was in her room when the tank erected in a neighbour’s new building, collapsed on top of her building, crashing through the roofing sheet directly into her room and crushing her to death.
Narrating how her daughter was killed, Mrs Beatrice Amadi, said the private school teacher was inside helping her to shell melon when the tragedy struck.
The mother said she did not go to work on that day because she had free periods.
She described Joy as kind, humble and hardworking, who helped the family to pay their house rent.
Mrs Amadi said the death of her daughter was devastating and had left a vacuum in the family, which would be difficult to be filled.
“Since Joy grew up, I have neither swept this house nor washed my clothes. She did everything and even helped to pay our house rent.
“I will wish a lot about her. It will be difficult to live without my daughter,” the obviously grieved mother told NAN.
The deceased father, Mr Michael Amadi, said he was at work when he received a distressed call.
“When I returned home, I met people gathered at my residence where the sad news was broken to me.”
Meanwhile, sources, blamed the incident on a shoddy job by the engineer handling the project.
The sources said the neighbour’s new house belonged to somebody who lived abroad.
“You know our people now, perhaps because the owner is not around, the engineer carried out a shoddy job.
“Unfortunately, the thing left the compound to kill the lady in the next house,” one of the sources said.
However, Mr Amadi said the site engineer had been arrested by the police while the corpse of her daughter had been deposited at an undisclosed morgue.
The deceased family hails from Affa in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State.
When contacted, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Public Relations Officer of the Edo Police Command said he was yet to be briefed.
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