Barely less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed on pupils in Plateau State, killing 22 and injuring 132, four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed in Abuja yesterday morning.
It is also 11 days after another building collapsed at Unity House, Area 11, Garki, in Abuja.
Unconfirmed number of other people are trapped in the rubble.
As of press time yesterday, one person was reportedly still trapped in the rubble of the residential building, located in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which caved-in the early hours of yesterday morning.
It was gathered that the building, located beside the popular Cupid Hotel on Cupid Road (Sultan Dasuki Way) in Kubwa, was formerly a hotel, Al-Hilal. It later became a hospital, but since the hospital owners quit the premises, it became a residential apartment.
As the rescue operation continued, emergency responders and security personnel were seen on the ground.
A section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed in Abuja on Saturday morning, with several people trapped in the rubble.
On the Plateau incident, the Plateau State’s Commissioner of Information and Communication, Musa Ashoms, said, As of 6:00 pm, 154 people have been removed from the debris. Sadly, 22 individuals have died.
The injured students and staff are receiving medical treatment at various hospitals across Jos. A breakdown of hospital admissions and casualties shows that 39 were hospitalised at Plateau State Specialist Hospital where three deaths were dead.
Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) Hospital had 32 hospitalised and five deaths; Bingham University Teaching Hospital: 55 hospitalised and 14 deaths. In Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), six were hospitalised and there was no death.
