Less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed in Plateau state killing over twenty students another building has collapsed but this time in Abuja the nation’s capital
Already four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed on Saturday morning, with several people trapped in the rubble.
The collapsed building is located beside Cupid Hotel, Sultan Dansuki Road, Phase 2, Site 2, Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.
The FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) was notified of the incident by passers-by and also received a distress call on the 112 emergency toll free number at about 6.45 am.
Two of the rescued victims have been taken to the Kubwa General hospital.
Search efforts are ongoing for any other person that may be trapped in the collapsed building.
The collapsed building, which contained 45 self-contained rooms, was previously used as a hotel before it was converted for residential purposes.
