A building collapse in Kano State has killed one person and injured eight others.
On Tuesday, an unfinished three-story building caved in at a popular GSM market in Beirut Road, the northwestern state, as emergency crews began rescue operations.
A dead body was recovered from the rubble a few hours after the collapse, according to Sale Aliyu, Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).
The building caved in at about 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday. So far, the eight rescued persons have been evacuated to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, for treatment.
Meanwhile, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has sympathised with the victims.
The governor in a statement also ordered intensified rescue operations to get to those trapped in the rubble.
While lamenting the unfortunate incident, he assured us that an investigation is ongoing to unravel the cause of the collapsed structure which was still under construction.
On Friday, a three-storey building also collapsed in Kubwa Satellite town, Abuja, killing two persons.