{"id":71933,"date":"2025-08-04T05:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71933"},"modified":"2025-08-04T05:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:17:47","slug":"three-storey-building-collapses-in-lifecamp-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/04\/three-storey-building-collapses-in-lifecamp-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Storey Building Collapses in Lifecamp, Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A three-storey building collapsed on Saturday evening in the Lifecamp area of Abuja, triggering a coordinated emergency response from rescue agencies and security operatives.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which occurred around 6:15 p.m. on August 2, led to swift action by the Divisional Police Officer of Lifecamp Division, who mobilized first responders and sealed off the area.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies involved in the operation included the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), FCT Development Control, Julius Berger, Zeberced Construction, and other emergency teams.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, 27-year-old Aliyu Salisu, a citizen of Niger Republic, was rescued alive from the rubble at about 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, nearly ten hours after the collapse.<\/p>\n<p>He was immediately taken to Cedar Crest Hospital, Gudu, where he is receiving treatment and is said to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to a distress call, the Command activated a full-scale rescue operation. At about 4:00 a.m. on 3rd August 2025, the lone victim was successfully pulled out and rushed to the hospital for urgent care,\u201d the police statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao S. Adewale, who personally oversaw the operation, praised the professionalism and speed of all agencies involved.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged residents to remain alert and report any emergency through the numbers 0803 200 3913 or 0806 158 1938.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are yet to disclose the cause of the building collapse, but an investigation is expected to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola A three-storey building collapsed on Saturday evening in the Lifecamp area of Abuja, triggering a coordinated emergency response from rescue agencies and security operatives. The incident, which occurred around 6:15 p.m. on August 2, led to swift action by the Divisional Police Officer of Lifecamp Division, who mobilized first responders and sealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":71934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71935,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71933\/revisions\/71935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}