Ten trapped, one injured as two-storey building collapses in Abuja
A two-storey building under construction in Abuja collapsed on Saturday, trapping 10 persons, with one seriously injured.
Speaking to newsmen, the Director-General, FEMA, Alhaji Idris Abbas, said emergency response was swiftly activated immediately the agency got the distress call. He added that based on the report the agency received, the building was a bungalow but the developer was trying to upgrade it to a two-storey building.
He also advised builders to desist from contravening the building plan as approved by the development control department of the FCT.Also, Mr Muktar Galadima, Director, Department of Development Control, added that his organisation had given the developer a ‘stop work’ notice when it noticed a modification of the building.
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