Many people are reported to be trapped in a club house which is undergoing make over from a
bungalow to a storey building in Abuja on Friday . The collapsed building is believed to trap
many people under the rubbles most of whom are menial labourer and customers at Phase IV
road in Jikwoyi , Abuja .

Four persons have been pulled out of the collapsed building alive by rescue workers hours after
the incident and were immediately rushed in ambulances to nearby hospitals , while voices of
those trapped under the rubbles calling were heard . Many of them called for help while informing
the public that they were still alive

Workers of the club named ‘ Mimshack Arena ’ were panicking , crying while showing rescue
officials around the collapsed site . Daily Trust says one of them put the figure of people trapped
at 13 .

Residents claimed that the collapsed building belongs to a policeman called Corporal Joseph .
Emeka Ikechuckwu , a resident said some customers were drinking at the bar , while construction
work was ongoing . He said the building caved in with people inside .

One of the rescue officials at the scene complained that buildings around the area were built
with no space between them and that made it difficult for rescue vehicles to get to the victims .
Efforts to speak to the coordinator of the Abuja operations office of the National Emergency
Management Agency ( NEMA ) , Ishaya Chonoko , failed as calls to his phone were not answered .
Daily Trust later learnt that he was at the scene of the building collapse coordinating rescue
operations.

www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/36011-dozen-trapped-in-fresh-abuja-house-collapse
www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/10/04/many-trapped-in-abuja-building-collapse/

Once again, failure to follow proper building codes/laws is what led to this mess.

High time the Govt at all levels brought in stricter punishments for owners and builders of collapsed buildings...and enforced strict building codes.

E be like na building collapse season wey dey o, from Lagos - Benin - Abuja.

when everybody is claiming to be an engineer in Nigeria.

bushdoc9919:
Once again, failure to follow proper building codes/laws is what led to this mess.
High time the Govt at all levels brought in stricter punishments for owners and builders of collapsed buildings...and enforced strict building codes.

and who are the people to enforce this law you just stated sir?

Residents within the
area alleged
that the building named
‘Mimshack
Arena’ belongs to a policeman
called
Corporal Joseph.

that's the irony of the issue!

Odiegwu na naijiria....South Africa warned their people about us

Wahala de

Tolexander:
and who are the people to enforce this law you just stated sir?
that's the irony of the issue!

One big irony.....sigh.

Still, something must be done.

I can still recall a residential building collapse in Lagos...where one man nearly lost his wife, children, mother, and some relations.(They managed to run out of the house seconds before it collapsed.).

Make them probe all this Cement producing companies Dangote, BUA, Eagle.. E be like say it's now their cause. Really the thing is now becoming a big problem... It wasn't so before..

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

Sigh....SCOAN building collapse was due to poor building practice...the load on top was too big for the foundation to hold.

And if you think it was explosives....it would have required a crew of dozens of people to set up. Which assumes that all of the church members of SCOAN including the security were blind at the time the explosives were being set up.

Wrong things must not be defended.

Kayceo2010:
Make them probe all this Cement producing companies Dangote, BUA, Eagle.. E be like say it's now their cause. Really the thing is now becoming a big problem... It wasn't so before..

Cement companies just make the materials...it is the chaps who use the materials that should be prosecuted...that is the contractors.

.

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

shut up biko

ha, almost same story with T.B guest house. I think an agency should be formed to fight against this.

dj187:
E be like na building collapse season wey dey o, from Lagos - Benin - Abuja.

i tire ma guy.

Itz just unfortunate dat some ppl just had a first class flight 2 hell. Its high time our govt starts enforcing strict building practices in ds country. May d souls of d departed rest in peace.

Building Collapse Is Now Becoming An Everyday Thing.

may God help those that is been strapped

feyif:
Building Collapse Is Now Becoming An Everyday Thing.

yea...Make God just help us...dunno wether does engineers aren't using d right material again sef..

Dis might b end tym oo, na so so collapse evrywer

Not again!

This why Nigeria needs strict and enforced building codes/laws.

There does not even seem to be adequate certification for many involved in the design and building of structures, or even surveying land. There seems to be little or no interaction between construction and government, throughout the construction process.

What is the safety executive doing?

This is where a robust governing body needs to be active. Not just construction, but also mining, agriculture and the like. Is it because of the population size, that human lives are so cheap and expendable?

[quote author=fatdon2 post=26852784]A club house which was undergoing
make over from a bungalow to a
storey building collapsed on Friday
trapping scores of menial labourer
and customers at Phase IV road in
Jikwoyi, Abuja. Four persons were pulled out alive by
rescue workers within few hours of
the incident and rushed in ambulances
to nearby hospitals, while voices were
heard under the rubbles calling for
help and making phone calls. Two female workers of the club were
seen wailing and showing rescue
officials where people were trapped
in the collapsed site. One of them put
the figure of those still trapped as 13. Residents within the area alleged
that the building named ‘Mimshack
Arena’ belongs to a policeman called
Corporal Joseph. Emeka Ikechuckwu, a resident said
some customers were drinking at the
bar, while construction work was
going on when the entire building
craved in. One of the rescue officials at the
scene complained that buildings
around the area were built so closely
which made it difficult for rescue
vehicles to get to the incident scene. Efforts to speak to the coordinator
of the Abuja operations office of the
National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA), Ishaya Chonoko, failed
as calls to his phone were not
answered. Daily Trust later learnt that he was at the scene of the
building collapse coordinating rescue
operations. However, NEMA information officer,
Manzo Eziekiel informed our reporter
that the building collapsed as a result
of an additional floor being added on
it.


where corporal get the money to own club.

[quote author=manuch post=26855619][/quote]

I hear there is a lot of money in kolanuts....

Oh

Hmmmmm

How come a building colapsed in abuja and I haven't heard about it. Well let me confirm

I hope its not the handiwork of APC?

The owner must used them for ritual sacrifice, the owner must be fake club owner, the owner must be arrested and prosecuted....lol...I don't know why people want to bring T.B joshua down because of a collapse building like its something new in Nigeria...even Government own building do collapse in Nigeria...
if you wanna bring a man down...find a concrete evidence that the man nor any other person can't deny and before you know you see crowd stoning him.....not a bit.ch accusation.

Note: have never been to his church nor watch his channel for once. Just the fact.

RIP ot the dead.

Not another disaster already! What are the regulators doing for pete's sake?!