At the early morning on Wednesday, an old three storey building located in the old Port Harcourt Township in Rivers State, eventually collapsed .
Reports was given that the partially collapsed building, located at No. 112 Bende Street, Old Port Harcourt Township, is said to be one of the oldest post-colonial buildings in the area.
This building was said to have shown enough signs of collapsing at any moment and was also marked for demolition by the Rivers State Ministry of Urban Planning and Development since 2018, but was not demolished before a part of it gave up today. 
Officials of the Ministry of Urban Planning and Development were said to have mobilised to the demolished site to see if there were casualties as some families said are said to be living there.
However,Governor Nyesom Wike had dissolved its cabinet and he is presently on vacation in Turkey.
