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Two persons are feared trapped in a collapsed shopping mall in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Witnesses say that the shopping mall which is close to the Aso Saving Bank, in Kubwa collapsed in the early hours of Friday.
Five victims have been rescued by a joint task force of operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Police Force, and some residents.
The two-storey building in Kubwa, a suburb within Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, collapsed on Thursday night. The building is also housing a shopping mall.
One of the rescued victims, Hafeez Olayinka, who spoke to The PUNCH, confirmed 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 weβre taken to the hospital.
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He noted that he arrived at the collapsed building on Monday to fix up some things in the building.
Olayinka said, βWeβve been trapped since Thursday night. I have been here since Monday to fix up some things in the building.
βAt 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.β
(Punch)
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