One person has been injured after a five-storey building under construction partially collapsed on Durban Street, Wuse II, Abuja.
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed the incident, which occurred at about 6:30 pm on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
In a statement issued by its Press Unit, the agency said its Abuja Operations Office received an alert about the collapse and immediately activated relevant emergency response agencies.
NEMA said the FCT Fire Service and its AYA Emergency Response Ambulance Bay team were among the responders mobilised to the scene to coordinate search and rescue operations.
The agency confirmed that no life was lost in the incident, while the injured worker was evacuated to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
DAILY POST reports that the incident occurred at a construction site in Wuse II, a commercial district in Nigeria’s capital.
Five-storey building partially collapses in Abuja
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