- At least 200 people have died after a church roof collapsed
- Actor was Ini Edo supposed to be in the service but
missed due to flight delay
- The accident on Saturday, December 10 also left tens of
others injured
Over 200 people perished in Nigeria on on Saturday,
December 10 after a church roof collapsed leaving others badly injured.
Nigerian actress Ini Edo
Popular Nigerian actor Ini Edo might have been among among them but luckily she
skipped church on that fateful day.
“Once again, God had saved me,” she said on her Facebook
page when narrating how she was supposed to be in the church.
“Two days ago, I
was very bitter about the unreliable nature of some of our airlines cancelling
flights without prior notice thereby hindering my plans to attend a church
service ceremony held in uyo.
A collapsed building. 200 people have been
killed after church roof collapsed. Image: BBC.com.
“Now out of determination, I took a flight to Calabar with the hope of being in
Uyo just in time for the service since the journey between Calabar and Uyo was
just about an hour.”
The incident in southeastern Nigeria on Saturday,
December 10 saw the roof of Reigners Bible Ministry in Uyo, the capital of Akwa
Ibom state cave in on worshipers, several media houses in Nigeria reported.
If it wasn’t for a flight delay, Edo might have been hurt
or even died.
“The journey ended up taking over 7hrs because of unexplainable traffic,” she
said.
“No accident, good road no hitches just headlock traffic.
Whilst in the car, I started wondering why all my efforts to be at the service
was being thwarted… then I got a call that the entire church building had
collapsed during the course of the service.”
“My heart goes out to the families of the departed. May
the good Lord grant them the heart to bear the loss”.
The governor of Akwa Ibom state was also in the church
during the accident but escaped unhurt.
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