A three-storey building, said to have been built
over 101 years ago, yesterday, collapsed in Kaduna
metropolis, trapping all the tenants that were inside
at the time of the incident.
No fewer than 50 people were in the building as the
time of the incident and only five children, a woman
and one other man had been rescued at press time
as there were no equipment to carry out the
operation.
This was even as some of the victims continued to
hit the walls of the collapsed building, screaming
for help.
A middle-aged woman and occupants of the building
collapsed on seeing the ruins, after shouting "my
children, my children!"
She was taken to one of the nearby hospitals by
men of the state's Operation Yaki in a vehicle with
number plate KAF 251 AA.
Sources said the building, located along Hadeja
Road by Ibrahim Taiwo Road, had its three top
floors as residential homes, while the ground floor
was used for trading.
It was said that the building, which collapsed at
2.32p.m., attracted passers-by and neighbours,
which security men found difficult to control.
Gov, deputy seek help
Vanguard learnt that Governor Muktar Yero and his
deputy, Nuhu Bajoga, cut short other state
functions and participated in the efforts to rescue
the victims.
They were said to have called relevant agencies to
move down their rescue equipment to the site of
the collapsed building.
Bajoga later sent the manager of one of the
construction firms in the state, PWD, to ask for
bulldozers and other equipment to hasten the
rescue operation.
Helpless SEMA
Some officials of the State Emergency
Management Agency, SEMA, at the scene of were
helpless in the chaotic environment as they had no
rescue equipment.
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