The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has announced that rescue work has been completed on the building that collapsed in Jabi area of Abuja on Friday with casualty figure of one person dead and six others injured.
One of the six injured persons was said to be in a critical condition but was being attended to at the hospital.
The Director-General of NEMA, Mr. Mustapha Maihaja, confirmed the completion of the rescue exercise, saying the announcement was necessary in view of the conflicting reports on the casualty figures.
His words: “The incidence happened unannounced, the FCT Emergency Management Agency that is responsible responded promptly.
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“All other stakeholders brought their support to assist them and a good work has been done to rescue those that were trapped.
“It is an uncompleted building that was abandoned for a long time and I was made to understand that there were no people living there, only the illegal occupants were there.
“Seven people were brought out, one was certified dead, one severely wounded among those injured.
“This is a professional job, professionals were deployed here. They professionally combed the whole site and they could not find any other than what they were able to get.
“I think when professionals speak we should respect their opinion.’’
