One injured as Abuja five-storey building partially collapses

One person sustained minor injuries after a five-storey building under construction partially collapsed on Durban Street, Wuse II, Abuja, the National Emergency Management Agency has stated. NEMA, through its Abuja Operations Office, disclosed that it received an alert about the incident at about 6.30pm on Saturday. In a statement issued by its Press Unit on Sunday, the agency stated that it immediately activated relevant emergency response stakeholders, including the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, while its AYA Emergency Response Ambulance Bay team was deployed to coordinate search and rescue operations at the scene. “Findings at the scene indicated that the incident was minor and involved a five-storey building under construction that had been partially pulled down,” the statement said. The agency confirmed that no life was lost, adding that the injured worker was evacuated to a nearby hospital for medical attention. The incident comes weeks after a three-storey building collapsed in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, on September 7, 2026, hours after officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration’s Department of Development Control reportedly sealed the property and ordered occupants to vacate it over concerns about its structural safety. Reports indicated that the building had shown signs of distress before the collapse. The incident prompted the deployment of emergency responders, although no casualties were reported in the initial updates.