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Many people have been trapped after a building collapsed on Saturday in the Sabon Lugbe area of Abuja.
Social media videos show residents on the rubble in attempts to rescue trapped victims. Emergency workers were also on the scene through the night.
The building was reportedly under construction.
“No fewer than 40 persons are currently trapped in the building,” one eyewitness said.
“People are under this rubble. It is a building under construction. We are calling on the government and relevant agencies to come and rescue those who are trapped here.”
The incident comes just months after a two-storey residential building in the Kubwa area of the federal capital territory (FCT) caved in.
Twenty-four hours prior, a two-storey school building in the Busa Buji community of Jos north LGA collapsed, as students and teachers prepared for their third term examinations.
Over 20 people were confirmed dead and 132 injured in the incident.
Musa Ashoms, Plateau commissioner for information and communication, said the school had a population of about 400, adding that the section that collapsed was accommodating 200 students.
The commissioner said the collapsed structure was built on a waterlogged area and did not meet standards.
Building collapses are also commonplace in Lagos — Nigeria’s commercial capital and most populous city.
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