Three persons have been reported dead while no fewer than 20
people rescued from the rubbles of a building that collapsed in the Gwarimpa
Estate, Abuja have been taken to the hospital by officials of the National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
Report had it that the collapsed three-storey building was
located at the 7th Avenue area of Estate. It was earlier revealed that two
fatalities but officials of NEMA said the toll increased by one after one of
the victims died in an undisclosed hospital.
An official who spoke on condition of anonymity noted that
“three were fatally injured but we cannot come to a quick conclusion for now
because operations are ongoing”.
The officials added that
20 victims were currently at an undisclosed hospital receiving medications. It
was also gathered that an unspecified number of victims were still trapped
in the rubble as of press time as the rescue operation continues.
The building is said to have collapsed due to the use of
substandard materials. Over 50 labourers were said to be at the site when the
building collapsed, officials said they could not ascertain the number of those
still trapped.
Present at the scene of the collapse were officials of NEMA,
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Red Cross, Federal Road Safety
Corps (FRSC), Federal Fire Service and the Nigeria Police.
The FCT Police
Commissioner, Sadiq Abubakar, had earlier pledge the support of the command to
aid the formation of regulatory bodies in Abuja.
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