Kano building collapse: 8 rescued, one electrocuted

No fewer than eight people have been rescued following the collapse of a three-storey building in Kano on Tuesday.

The spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed that all the rescued have been hospitalised at the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital where they are receiving medical treatment.

However, one electrician, Abdullahi Ya’u, died from electrocution.

According to eyewitnesses, Abdullahi died after he was trying to cut off electricity installation around the rubbles of the collapsed building to enable emergency operatives to have access to the site of the incident.

“He was trying to cut off wire unfortunately he was not using protective equipment, so he was electrocuted,” an eyewitness disclosed.

However, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, suspended the swearing-in of commissioners scheduled for Tuesday afternoon after the building collapsed.

The deputy governor of Kano State, Nasiru Gawuna, who was at the scene of the incident on Tuesday evening, commiserated with the victims.

Meanwhile, the Kano State Fire Service confirmed that a tricycle operator identified as Ammar Ibrahim drowned in a river on his way returning to Kano City from Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state.

According to a statement from Saminu Abdullahi, the late Ibrahim was washing his tricycle at the bank of a river beside the road when he slid into the river and drowned.

He said that the remains of the deceased had been handed over to the police in Dawakin Tofa LGA.

The Star