An occupant of the Cocoa House Building in Ibadan has explained how the ugly incident of the crashed elevator happened on Wednesday, 6th January 2021.
In a mini chat with the occupant who pleaded to remain anonymous, he explained that it was only two engineers, not normal elevator users as against to viral stories, that were inside the elevator during the crash.
OYOMIND.COM.NG earlier reports that one person died and at least three people got injured when the elevator crashed.
According to him, one of the elevators has not been in use for a while, having been abandoned by the management.
“I was in my office this afternoon when I heard a sudden noise, everyone was scared. We later got to know that it was the abandoned lift in which they are trying to resurrect.
“The engineers in which they are repairing it are inside the lift and suddenly the box that elevates people was hooked in the process and later fell.
“Unluckily, we have two engineers in the elevator box of which one of them died immediately and the second one was rush to the hospital for proper care,” he said.
Cocoa House has 23 main floors, first 20 are major commercials, 21, 22 are for odua management services while 23rd is a museum known as home of fame.
