No life lost in Niger building collapse- Emergency Agency

Over twenty hours after a one-storey building located in the popular new market area of Minna collapsed, manual evaluation has continued but no one died in the incident.

A statement on Saturday signed by the Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba’arah, said life-detecting gadgets from the agency confirmed there is nobody still trapped in the collapsed building.

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The General Manager Niger State Urban Development Board Bako Ismail also said that the board is granting the owner of the building 24 hours to evacuate the property before they begin demolition of the collapsed structure.

Security personnel were stationed at the scene of the incident to avert looting.