Breaking: Man Loses Life After Falling From Five-Storey Building In Benin City

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Joseph Ebi, Benin City

A 65-year old man, Mr. Moses Airhiagbonkpa, has met his untimely death after falling from a five-storey building in Edo State High Court complex in Benin City, Liberator can authoritatively report.

Mr. Airhiagbonkpa reportedly came to the high court along side two of his relatives to hear their community (Ugieowen) case but discovered there was no court seating for the day.

According to a relative of the deceased, Mr. Johnson Obanor, Mr. Airhiagbonkpa left where they were seated together at the 5th floor wait-room of the high court when the deceased took excuse to urinate only to be found wanting.

He said, “We came here this morning, the three of us and we entered the court and sat down. We later discovered that the court is not sitting. So, before the arrival of our lawyer, when she came she went to the table to go and take a date.

“He got up and told us he want to urinate and we told him to return early so that we can go home after the lawyer has taken a date”, Obanor added.

He disclosed that, waiting for the deceased for long made them to assume he must have gone downstairs to wait for them not knowing he had falling from the five-storey building due to an open Liftcompatment which has been faulty a while but under renovation now.

He continued, “Then I told the other man we should go to the parking lot to check if he is there but unfortunately we did not see him. We sat down in the vehicle and tried to contact him but he was not receiving his calls.

“We decided to search for him within the premises and met a lawyer who asked us to join the crowd to climb the staircase.

“Sadly, we met our brother lying down on the floor and someone said he fell from upstairs. They traced the blood and found he got stuck thinking the place was a restroom”, he said.

Another relative, Osasu Isoken who was called on the phone to be briefed of the ugly situation, blamed the construction company for not putting a signpost, indicating danger on the site.

“I was at the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID), when a brother of mine called me that Mr. Moses has fallen from the court.

“Then, I went upstairs to check and i found out that he got stuck in the lift. The man is a learned man and I believe he will know that the place is not in use if there was signpost indicating danger but there is nothing like that in there”,he added.

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