fynestboi: A two-storey building collapsed yesterday in Utako District of Abuja, the nation’s capital city, just as one of the occupants escaped death narrowly.

The collapsed building which was an abandoned one and situated behind Media Trust office, publishers of Daily Trust Newspaper took place barely few weeks after a block of a government secondary school collapsed in Karu, a suburb town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

Saturday Vanguard gathered that although, the illegal occupants of the abandoned building escaped unhurt when the incident took place yesterday at 9am, but one of them was said to have narrowly-escaped.

When contacted, director of FCT Development Control Department, Yahaya Yusuf who explained that the building had long been marked for demolition and the owner was expected to foot the financial cost of the integrity test, said, “we are aware that there was a building collapse somewhere in Utako.

We had already marked the building and we told the owner to stop work. We were at the stage of conducting an integrity test when we heard about the building collapse.

”An independent body was supposed to do that at the expense of the owner. There were no casualties as occupants of the uncompleted building had already been warned to vacate.”

ginajet: end time tinz

raphael4u2c: Yes o...hapnd front of ma houz. Its shockin. Cryin in wizkids voice.

hardbody:

Better move from there, it might be the ground shifted and who knows the next house to get under. If you have sisters, I have accommodation.

clever5680: U want 2 demolish a buildin, u ar waitin 4 d owner 2 pay 4 d process. Cant stop amusin me

ferdimako:

U dey mind them......they didn't mark any building for demolition. If you want to demolish, any need for an integrity test?

hardbody:

Better move from there, it might be the ground shifted and who knows the next house to get under. If you have sisters, I have accommodation.

raphael4u2c: Yes o...hapnd front of ma houz. Its shockin. Cryin in wizkids voice.