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4 Africa telegraph 25 October - 09 November 2020
More than 22 killed in a church West Africa News

collapsed in Ghana
By Mensa Oti

Eastern Region, Ghana - A six-story
church building collapsed on 20 Octo-
th
ber in eastern Ghana, with more than 22
people killed in the incident.
The collapsed building was the site of
the Church of Prosperity at Akyem Bat-
abi in the Asene Manso Akroso district.

Officials say that 11 women, ten men and
a baby died after an under-construction
three-storey building collapsed. The
building was being used for a church
service during the fatal incident in the
Eastern Region of Ghana.

A rescue team including emergency
workers, police, soldiers and firefighters
were searching for survivors trapped in-
side the building.

The number of those missing remains
unclear, while eight injured people have
been taken to hospital, according to of-
ficial reports.

Akoa Isaac the founder of the Church of The Founder of the Church
Prosperity is in the custody of the Bu- of Prosperity at Akyem
reau of National Investigation (BNI) for Batabi in the Asene Man-
investigation regarding the collapse of so Akroso District of the
the building. Eastern Region is in the
custody of Akim Oda Di-
Eyewitness reports, and local news me- visional Police Command.
dia confirmed that more than 60 people
were at the site of the disaster in the ganisation said that the search
Asene-Manso district when the building and rescue efforts are still on-
collapsed. going. Meanwhile, residents of
Akyem Batabi are concerned
Agyemang Prempeh, a coordinator with that the number of casualties
the National Disaster Management Or- may rise.

The rubble of the collapsed Church of Prosperity building at
Akyem Batabi in the Asene – Manso – Akroso District
in the Eastern Region