Two artisans killed, four injured in Abuja building collapse
Story from Haruna YUSUF, Abuja
Two artisans were killed and four others seriously injured when the fence of an adjoining building collapsed on them on Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent in Wuse 2, Abuja, on Wednesday.
The men were working on a building that was still at foundation level and had encroached on the fence of the neighboring building, causing part of it to collapse on them.
Confirming the incident in a telephone chat, the Director-General of the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Alhaji Abbas Idriss, said that the injured had been taken to the hospital.
He said, “Between 10 am and 11 am, we received a distress call reporting a building collapse in Wuse 2, and we quickly dispatched our rescue team. Upon arrival, they discovered that a wall had fallen on the artisans working in the area. So far, six people have been removed from the rubble, and two were fatally injured, while four are in the hospital at the moment.”
“The cause of the collapse was that the developer encroached into another building, the UBA building, and the wall fell on them.”
When asked about measures to prevent such incidents in the future, Idriss said that it was not a case of using substandard materials. Instead, his agency would continue to work with others to sensitize the public.
“The best we can do is to continue to sensitize the people and engage other relevant stakeholders who give approvals, monitor developments and so on,” he added.
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