A 27-year-old man, Aliyu Salisu, was pulled out alive after a three-storey building collapsed on Saturday evening in the Lifecamp area of Abuja.
The victim, identified as a citizen of Niger Republic, remained trapped under the rubble for nearly 10 hours before he was rescued in the early hours of Sunday.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, noting that rescue efforts began shortly after a distress call was received around 6:15pm on August 2.
According to Adeh, the Divisional Police Officer of Lifecamp promptly led a multi-agency team to the scene, where the area was cordoned off and emergency response operations began in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency, officials of the FCT Administration’s Development Control Department, Zeberced Construction Company, and Julius Berger Nigeria Plc.
