No fewer than 20 people were reportedly trapped beneath the rubble as a four-storey building collapsed in Dape, Life Camp area of Abuja.
Nigeria Standard gathered that the building, which was still under construction, collapsed at about 4:00pm on Monday, while the workers were working on the site.
The building, which was intended for hotel accommodation, it was learned, gave way unexpectedly, trapping several workers who were on-site at the time of the collapse.
An eye witness explained that the building collapsed during the casting work, shortly after the engineer had left the site.
At the time of filing this report, the rescue team, comprising officials from FCT Fire Service, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the Nigerian police, are on the ground trying to rescue the trapped victims.
