A saddening calamity has befallen the nation’s capital city as a three-storey building around Hamza Abdullahi Way, Kubwa collapsed, with some persons suspected to be trapped in the rubble.
The building which collapsed on early Friday morning, was still under construction, and had some artisans living inside.
The disaster management team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC has arrived to the scene and rescued some of the victims and taken them to the General Hospital in Kubwa.
Kubwa is Abuja’s largest suburban town and has recently witnessed the conversion of residential buildings to commercial centres and vice versa.