At least four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, Abuja on Saturday morning.
Earlier it was reported that, the two-storey building collapsed at about 7am on Saturday with several people trapped in the rubble.
Emergency responders, including officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, police and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Development Control, were immediately mobilized to the scene.
Our correspondent gathered that the responders have so far, rescued four victims trapped in the rubble.
Clearance operation is still ongoing as at the time of this report.
Reports also stated that the Kubwa incident is coming less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed on pupils in Plateau State, killing 22 persons.
It is also eleven days after another building collapsed at Unity House, Area 11, Garki, in Abuja.
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