It was gathered that the emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.
Scores of people were trapped on Friday as a one-storey building collapsed in Minna, the Niger State capital.
It was gathered that the emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.
The collapsed building is at the popular New Market Area in Minna, the capital of the North-Central State.
The manual evacuation of the debris had commenced, and the relevant officials said machines would be mobilised quickly so that those suspected to be trapped could be rescued.
There has been no information explaining the cause of the collapse.
The Director, Information and Special Duties of Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Hussaini Ibrahim, who was at the scene of the incident said the rescue operation is ongoing.
Also, the General Manager of the Niger State Urban Development Board, Bako Ismail, said the building was illegally converted to a storey building, claiming that the board has made repeated attempts to stop the property owner from the illegal conversion.