Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, has visited the victims of building collapse in Jikwoyi area of the Federal Capital Territory.
The Commissioner who was in company of the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, promptly mobilized a rescue team to the scene.
The area was immediately cordoned off, and a coordinated rescue operation commenced, later supported by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nigerian Red Cross, the Federal Fire Service, officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, and representatives of CGC Construction Company.
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Preliminary investigations reveal that seventeen (17) workers were actively on site at the time of the collapse.
So far, eight (8) victims have been rescued from the rubble and rushed to the Sisters of the Nativity Hospital, Jikwoyi, where they are currently receiving medical attention, while nine (9) others escaped from the site unhurt.
Rescue operations are still ongoing to locate and extract any other victims who may still be trapped.
Editor: Roluke Ogundele
