By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – Tragedy struck in the late hours of Wednesday when a two-storey shopping plaza collapsed in the Garki area of Abuja.
The building which is located around Lagos Street, caved in around 11:00pm during a heavy downpour on Wednesday.
37 persons were rescued from beneath the rubble, according to Ikharo Attah, an aide to the immediate past minister of the FCT who oversaw such incidents in the territory, with rescue teams trying to save more trapped persons.
Two persons were also reported badly injured and hospitalised.
“So far 37 persons have so far been evacuated to hospital, two fatally injured; others reportedly still trapped; rescue team and others are on ground.
“Rescue operations on but slow due to ongoing rain. They are making frantic efforts at getting an excavator to remove people from the rubble,” Attah wrote on his Facebook page.