Two persons have been confirmed dead after a storey building under construction collapsed at Obafemi Awolowo Way by Asuquo J. Okon intersection in Jabi, Abuja.
According to witnesses who spoke to TheNewsGuru, more than 10 people are currently inside the debris while two people have been reported dead.
Breaking : A Building collapse at Jabi opp ITC park Abuja pic.twitter.com/bXQOszGoBW
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Witnesses said poor construction contributed to the collapse.
“It sounded like a bomb”, said Chinedu Ike, a witness.
“The workers, including some women selling groundnut are trapped inside.”
Officials from the FRSC, NEMA, civil defence, police and other security agencies are at the building making frantic efforts to rescue the people trapped inside.
The tractors brought were not sufficient and construction companies have been called as reinforcement.
A police officer said two people have been confirmed dead but did not speak on record.
Some rescue victims including the contractor who have various degrees of injuries have been rushed to hospital.