In the late hours of Wednesday, a heavy downpour caused a collapsed building of a two-story shopping plaza in the Garki area of Abuja
The Informant247 gathered that the building, located around Lagos Street, was said to have caved in during a heavy downpour around 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday.
Ikharo Attah, a former aide to the immediate past minister of the FCT, while confirming the incident on his Facebook page, said 37 persons were rescued from beneath the rubble, adding that the rescue teams were trying to save more trapped persons.
He added that the two injured persons alongside the rescued have been hospitalised.
amAttah wrote, “So far 37 persons have been evacuated to hospital, two fatally injured; others reportedly still trapped; rescue team and others are on the ground.”
“Rescue operations are on but slow due to ongoing rain. They are trying frantically to get an excavator to remove people from the rubble.”