Admin l Tuesday, July 16, 2019
JOS, Plateau, Nigeria – Not less than seven people have been confirmed dead and several others injured when a 3-storey building collapsed along Seriki road in Dilimi community, Jos North Local Government, Plateau State.
The building according to the Plateau State Police Command collapsed at 4pm Monday evening. NAN reports that the building belongs to popular herbal doctor, Alhaji Rufai Kabiru. Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) who confirmed the incident did not say what caused the collapse of the building.
“This evening, at about 5 p.m. we received a distress call that a two-storey building located at Butcher Line in Jos North has collapsed. A search and rescue team was immediately mobilised to the scene (of the building collapse).
Seven persons were rescued unhurt, three persons were rescued with various degree of injuries while three persons lost their lives.”
The PPRO said the injured were currently receiving treatment at the Plateau Specialist Hospital and Bingham University Teaching Hospital, respectively.
He said search and rescue operation was still ongoing at the scene, adding that security personnel had cordoned off the vicinity.
Meanwhile, Kefas Yilrwang, the acting managing director of the Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB), lamented on Monday that lack of equipment hampered the ongoing operation to rescue people from the building collapse.
Mr Yilrwang said lack of equipment compelled operatives to conduct the rescue work manually.
