Three persons working at a construction site of a two-storey building have been killed after the building collapsed in Gujungu town, Taura LGA of Jigawa state.
The victims were laborers working in the site along Kano Road when the tragic incident occurred leaving four others wounded.
Jigawa State Police Command Spokesman, Shiisu Lawan Adam, told WikkiTimes that the incident happened on Saturday when laborers were busy working in the site, adding that the four injured were hospitalized.
“On 27th of July 2024 at about 1000 hrs, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Gujungu reported that he received a distress call that there was a building collapse at Kano road, Gujungu town in Taura LGA ”.
According to Adam, a team of police officers were mobilized to the scene and rushed the victims to Jahun hospital for medical assistance.
“On their arrival, the team noticed that, the two-storey buildings under construction had collapsed, as a result, three (3) persons died on the spots, they were identified as (1) Nafi’u Mohd ‘m’ age 28yrs of Rijiyar Zaki, Ungogo LGA of Kano State, (2) Abdurrahman Ibrahim ‘m’ age 60yrs of Danmadai village, Gagarawa LGA, and (3) Usman Lawan ‘m’ age 62yrs of the same address”.
“In the same vein, four (4) other persons sustained various degrees of injuries, they were also identified as (1) Umar Lawan ‘m’ age 26yrs, (2) Aminu Mohd ‘m’ 25yrs, (3) Mudansir Nasiru ‘m’ age 26yrs, and (4) Usman Mohd ‘m’ age 20yrs all of Rijiyar zaki, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano state”, he added.
The spokesman further said preliminary investigation has revealed that, all the victims were labourers working on the construction site.
Similar Incidents
WikkiTimes had earlier reported that a Kano-based civil engineer, Abubakar Ramadhan, has attributed lack of maintenance and using substandard materials as the major causes of building collapse in Nigeria.
WikkiTimes reports that at least 22 school children died in a school building collapse in Jos, the Plateau state capital earlier in July..
Similarly, a day after, part of a two storey building collapsed in Kubwa, Abuja, where several people were trapped in the rubbles.
The Council of the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) reported that between January to July 2024, Nigeria has recorded 22 building collapses. These had led to the loss of lives and properties with many hospitalized.
