From Sun Newspaper
There was pandemonium in the early hours of yesterday when an uncompleted building collapsed in Dutse Alhaji, a suburb town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, killing three people and leaving nine critically injured.
Confirming the incident to journalists in Abuja, the Public Relations Officer of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Yushau Shuaib, said two dead bodies were initially recovered at the beginning of the rescue operations, but a third person was later confirmed dead by rescue operatives.
According to NEMA, nine persons, who escaped death, but in critical condition were receiving treatment at the Garki General Hospital, Abuja. Eyewitnesses told Daily Sun that work on the collapsed building had been put on hold for many years.
They said the collapse of the building was imminent as there were cracks on its pillars. Mr. Nnamdi Okorie, who lived in the neighbourhood told Daily Sun that the building collapsed between 3.30a.m. and 4a.m. He said for a long time illegal occupants had occupied the building. Another eyewitness, Mr. Mathias Kaze told Daily Sun that the building housed about 70 artisans who refused to heed the advice to vacate the building.
He further revealed that some of the illegal occupants cheated death as they made narrow escape before the building eventual collapsed. The Chief Superintendent Officer of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the Bwari Area Council, Mr. John Efere, told journalists that rescue operations were still ongoing.
So Sad! When will we learn?
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