Zaria mosque collapse injures three workers

Three persons were injured on Wednesday after a section of the Zaria Central Mosque, currently undergoing reconstruction, collapsed during casting work in Zaria.

The incident occurred when part of the second-floor decking near the southern minaret suddenly gave way while construction workers were carrying out casting on the structure.

Eyewitnesses said the injured, believed to be workers at the site, were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. No deaths were recorded.

Following the collapse, the construction area was sealed off, with workers seen clearing debris from the affected section.

Efforts to reach the site engineer for comments were unsuccessful, as he was said to have accompanied the injured persons to the hospital.

The spokesman of the Zazzau Emirate Council, Abdullahi Kwarbai, declined to comment on the incident, noting that the reconstruction project had been handed over to a technical committee, which subsequently transferred it to the contractor handling the work.