One person was feared dead, Saturday, after 7 persons were trapped in a defected two-storey building owned by the Nigerian Navy .
Vanguard gathered that two people were critically injured as they were rescued and taken to Wuse General Hospital while four others were said to have sustained minor injuries.
Vanguard investigations revealed that a total of 15 persons were said to have resumed work at the defected building at about 7.50 am on Saturday and were still working when a part of the building collapsed at about 10.30 a.m.
Director Information of the Nigerian Navy, Commodore Kabir Aliyu told Vanguard that naval engineers had discovered that the building was defected as the Navy quickly moved their staff away from the building and marked it for demolition.
Aliyu said that the Nigerian Navy had contacted the relevant authorities in respect to the demolition including the Federal Housing Authority and the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.
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