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A two storey building collapsed in Kubwa Abuja with some persons trapped.

 


A three story building has been reportedly collapsed in the early hours of  in Kubwa, Abuja with some persons trapped in the rubble.

According to an eye witness, they heard a loud sound, and that was when they realised that the building had collapsed.

He said: “Immediately, we rushed to the collapsed building because we knew that there are people inside that would need help. When we got there, we heard people shouting for help inside the collapsed building.

“We started digging to rescue those we could rescue. We dug for up to six hours before we could rescue one person at about 5.30am (Friday morning) and some people are still trapped inside the building.

“The security man of the building and some other people are still trapped inside the building. We pray that nothing will happen to them before they are rescued.

Another eye-witness, they were inside their house which is adjacent to the collapsed building when they heard the loud sound that fell their fence.

He said “We rushed out on hearing the sound and saw that the building close to us had collapsed and also our fence collapsed too, with some blocks hitting our cars which were parked by the fence.

''We did what we could to rescue people and three people amongst the people that were inside escaped, while we were able to rescue one person from the building this morning.

''From the voices calling for help, we are convinced that there are two people still trapped inside. But, we are yet to see the FCT emergency rescue team coming to rescue them.''

Already, the disaster management team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC has rescued some of the victims and taken them to the kubwa General Hospital.

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