The building was reported to have collapsed around 6.30pm in Akah Road, Uyo, on Saturday.
A four-storey building has reportedly collapsed in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, trapping many people inside.
The building was reported to have collapsed around 6.30pm in Akah Road, Uyo, on Saturday.
The Coordinator, South-South Zonal Office of National Emergency Management Agency, Mr Godwin Tepikor, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, said four persons had been rescued so far.
“A four-storey building behind Zenith Bank on Akah Road by Plaza, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has collapsed on a bungalow. Some persons are said to be trapped in the bungalow. A search and rescue has commenced and four persons have been rescued so far. Further update will be given,” he said.
Incidences of building collapse across the country have become alarming in recent times, with six cases recorded in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Oyo and Jigawa states within three weeks.
While about a dozen were killed in the six cases, others sustained varying degrees of injury.
Apart from the Jigawa and Akwa Ibom incidents which occurred today, (Saturday), 137 fatalities were recorded in 57 cases of building collapse in two years.