A rescue team comprising of the Plateau State
Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), the Nigerian Red Cross and the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corpse (NSCDC) on Tuesday recovered
12 bodies from the rubles of the collapsed residential house in Jos,
capital of Plateau State.
The combined team had on Monday
evening recovered 4 bodies. On the resumption of the search- and-
rescue on Tuesday morning, the team discovered six more bodies including
those of the owner of the three- storey apartment Alhaji Kabiru Nalele
popularly known as ‘Sariki’ (King) within the environment.
The
owner of the apartment visited as usual when the building collapsed
killing him, his two wives and nine others. It was learnt the three-
storey apartment’s ground floor was used shops while the two floors were
used as residential. The ground floor contained a pharmaceutical store
that deals with retail and wholesale drugs.
Junni Bala, Director
of Search and Rescue, Plateau State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)
said: “The two-storey building located at Butcher Line, Dilimi in Jos
North Local Government Area of Plateau State fell at about 6pm local
time trapping many.
“Rescuers recovered four corpses on Monday
night from the rubble before discovering six others on Tuesday. Four
other people were critically injured in the disaster”