A joint task force made up of operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Police Force, and locals have successfully rescued five victims in the Abuja building collapse.
According to The PUNCH, the two-storey building in Kubwa, a suburb within Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, collapsed on Thursday night.
It was also reported that the building is also housing a shopping mall.
One of the rescued victims, Hafeez Olayinka explained that the building had collapsed on Thursday night at about 11:30 pm, but they were only rescued in the early hours of today (Friday), and we were taken to the hospital.
He noted that he arrived at the collapsed building on Monday to fix up some things in the building.
Olayinka said, “We’ve been trapped since Thursday night. I have been here since Monday to fix up some things in the building.
“At about 11:30 pm on Thursday, we noticed that the building was collapsing, and we tried to escape. But five of us we were rescued this morning, and they took us to the hospital.”
