Many Trapped As Two-Storey Building Housing A Shopping Mall Collapses In Abuja [Video]

Many person are feared trapped after a two-storey building housing a shopping mall collapsed in Kubwa, a suburb within Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Abuja Building Collapse

According to Punch, 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.

One of the rescued victims, Hafeez Olayinka 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 we’re taken to the hospital.

He noted that he arrived at the site on Monday to fix up some things in the building, which was under construction, at Hamza Abdullahi Street Off Gado Nasco Road.

Olayinka said, “We’ve been trapped since Thursday night. I have been here since Monday to fix up some things in the building.

“At 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.”

As of the time of filing this report, security agencies and National Emergency Management Agency officials were on ground trying to rescue those trapped in the rubble.

Watch the video below:

This video showing that a shopping mall under construction in Kubwa Abuja has collapsed is why Kubwa is trending pic.twitter.com/YMc5D5CgRG

— Naija (@Naija_PR) August 26, 2022

A three-storey building has collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja.

According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the incident happened at about midnight on Friday.

Rescue operations are ongoing. pic.twitter.com/Q28t3MnT1S

— Channels Television (@channelstv) August 26, 2022

Shopping Mall Collapses In Abuja

A shopping mall under construction in the Kubwa area of Abuja has collapsed on Friday.

According to our correspondent, emergency services are yet to get to the scene as of the time of filing this report. pic.twitter.com/2vmKxMnClO

— Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) August 26, 2022

This comes four days after two children lost their lives while some adults sustained injuries when another two-storey building collapsed in the Bariga area of Lagos State.