At least seven persons were injured on Friday after a two-storey building under construction collapsed in Jikwoyi area of Abuja, within the Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.
The incident occurred at about 11:00 a.m., with several construction workers reportedly on site when the structure suddenly gave way.
In a statement, the Head of Public Affairs of the FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD), Nkechi Isa, said emergency responders were immediately deployed to the scene to ensure that no victims were trapped beneath the debris.
According to FEMD’s Search and Rescue Team, a total of 17 workers were on the upper floor at the time of the collapse.
Five of them sustained injuries, while another male worker at ground level was initially trapped but later rescued.
“All the injured workers, including the rescued victim, have been taken to the Sisters of Nativity Hospital in Jikwoyi and are responding to treatment,” the emergency team confirmed.
Rescue operations involved multiple agencies, including FEMD, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Department of Development Control, the Engineering Department of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Federal Fire Service, and the FCT Police Command.
The agency said excavation at the site continued down to ground level to ensure that no one remained trapped in the rubble.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a fire outbreak affected part of a car sales and service centre along the Kubwa Expressway in Bwari Area Council.
The fire, which broke out around noon at the Car Earloha Chery Centre near Arab Junction, caused significant property damage but no casualties were recorded.
FEMD Head of Search and Rescue, Monday Adie, said staff at the facility initially attempted to contain the blaze using fire extinguishers but were unsuccessful.
However, they were able to move vehicles out of the premises, reducing the extent of losses.
A section of the building was destroyed, while equipment and important documents were lost in the fire.
The agency attributed the cause of the incident to an electrical fault. Emergency responders, including FEMD, the Federal Fire Service, the FCT Fire Service, and the police, were on ground to contain the situation.
