One worker sustained minor injuries after a five-storey building under construction partially collapsed on Durban Street, Wuse II, Abuja, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said.
The incident adds to a series of building collapses reported in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in recent months, including a three-storey building collapse in Wuse Zone 4 in September and another in Durumi 3 in May that killed five people.
NEMA said its Abuja Operations Office received an alert about Saturday’s incident at approximately 6:30 pm on October 17, 2026, prompting the activation of relevant emergency response agencies.
In a statement issued by its Press Unit, the agency said the FCT Fire Service was among the responders mobilised, while its AYA Emergency Response Ambulance Bay team was deployed to support and coordinate search and rescue operations.
According to NEMA, no fatalities were recorded, and the injured worker was evacuated to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
In September, a three-storey building collapsed in Wuse Zone 4, hours after officials of the FCT Administration’s Department of Development Control had sealed the property and ordered occupants to vacate it.
The police said preliminary investigations indicated that the building had previously been marked and sealed, while rescue operations were launched following the collapse.
In August, two residents were rescued after part of a one-storey residential building comprising six blocks of flats collapsed in Kubwa 2/2. The victims were taken to Kubwa General Hospital in stable condition.
Earlier in May, a three-storey building under construction collapsed in Durumi 3, near Gudu Market, killing five people. Fifteen people were pulled from the rubble, nine of whom were rescued alive, while one victim was reported to be in critical condition.
Following the May incident, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike ordered a full-scale investigation and warned developers to comply with building regulations and allow government officials to inspect construction sites.
