Two dead and many feared trapped as building collapses in Nigeria’s capital

Machinery removes debris at the site of a collapsed building in Abuja, Nigeria (Chinedu Asadu/AP/PA)

Rescue crews were searching for survivors on Thursday after a building collapse in Nigeria’s capital left two people dead while many others are feared trapped, emergency officials said.

The two-story building in the densely populated Garki district of the capital Abuja collapsed during a downpour late on Wednesday, witnesses said. It served both as a shopping centre and a residential block and some of those trapped were believed to be shoppers.