Two
persons were killed and 20 others trapped after a four-storey uncompleted
building collapsed unexpectedly yesterday at Jabi in Abuja.
The
building stood opposite Panda Shopping Mall before it gave way at about 1.30
pm.
Rescue
workers were able to retrieve the corpses from the rubble a few hours after the
incident yesterday.
The
building was affected by vibration and shrapnel
during Boko Haram’s bombing of nearby Thisday Newspapers Office in 2012.
Officials
of the Federal Fire Service, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),
National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and volunteers raced to the
scene to lend the victims a helping hand.
Once
news of the building collapse hit the waves ,a large crowd gathered round the
area while vehicular traffic around the area also assumed a chaotic dimension.
The
situation was not helped by a downpour.
Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo was at the scene
yesterday to personally assess the situation.
He
described the accident as
unfortunate and said that all relevant public agencies had
mobilized there for effective rescue.
He
commiserated with bereaved families and
those injured during the collapse.
He
was accompanied by FCT Minister Muhammad Bello and the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha.
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