Reacting to the incident, Police Public Relations Officer for the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed that five persons have been rescued from the rubble.

Adeh, a superintendent of police, said the building, situated in Vidaz Estate, within the Sabon Lugbe extension of the FCT, caved in on Saturday.

According to the statement, the structure was further compromised by scavengers who had been tampering with the remnants for scrap metal, ultimately leading to its secondary collapse.

Police said a total of five individuals were successfully rescued from the debris, and there were no reported fatalities.

The command therefore called on the public to respect the boundaries of demolished structures and construction sites, ensuring their safety and preventing similar occurrences in the future.

Earlier, eyewitnesses said no fewer than 40 persons were trapped in the ill-fated building.

This is not the first time that the nation’s capital will witness a case of a building collapse.

Weeks back, a two-storey residential building collapsed in Abuja’s Kubwa area.

In that case, four people were rescued, while an unconfirmed number of others were initially feared trapped.