Collapsed Abuja Shopping Complex Trap Many, Atiku Commiserate With Families

Abuja Building Collapse

Nigeria rescue Agencies are battling with the rubble of the collapsed shopping complex, which was under construction in Abuja to rescue many that are still trapped.

Federal Capital Emergency Agency search and rescue chief, Labaran Ahman, said Friday that many people were rescued by bystanders after the four-story building collapsed in the afternoon. He disclosed that the total number of people trapped is unknown.

It could be recalled that the four-storey building, on Friday, collapsed in the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, killing two people on the spot.

An official of Nigerian Emergency Management Agency, Abass Idris, stated that the said building had been abandoned for a long time and recently a new construction restarted. He said there is suspicion that the owner may have altered the buildings' original plans in that time, affecting the stability of the structure.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

Building collapses are not uncommon in Nigeria, this what you see in a country where corruption is the order of the day and infrastructure is poor.

In commiserating with families of those who lost their loved ones in the incident, the former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, wrote via his Twitter handle, offering his condolences to the victims of the incident.

 “My thoughts and prayers are with families of all those affected by the tragedy of the collapsed building in Jabi area of Abuja. May they be comforted.”

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