Story Written By Khadijat Aliyu and Edited by Godwin Duru
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday confirmed three persons dead and two injured in a two-storey building collapsed at Noman’s Land, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano.
Dr Nuraddeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, confirmed the incident to Radio Nigeria in Kano.
He said the agency received a distress call today at about 2:00 a.m from a good samaritan that a two-storey building collapsed at Noman’s Land Quarters, Kano.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene”.
“Four persons rescued by our team were husband, wife and two children; out of the victims, the two children were confirmed dead, while the couple was rushed to Armed Forces Specialist Hospital, Kano, for treatment,”, Abdullahi said.
He noted that the search and rescue operations were still ongoing to rescue trapped persons in the building.
“Rescue team is still searching for another victim suspected to be trapped under the rubble”.
Radio Nigeria reports that the Kano State Fire Service, Police, Red Cross, NSCDC, SEMA and others were among the search and rescue team.
Khadijat Aliyu
