One dead, another injured as building collapses in Kano

A 20-year-old construction worker, Abdulkadir Nasiru, has lost his life after a two storey building collapsed on Tuesday at the Kanti Kwari textile market in Kano State

It was gathered that Nasiru’s co-worker, Naziru Shafiu survived from the incident after he was rescued alive from the building which was under construction.

The spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusif, who confirmed the incident attributed the cause of the incident to the use of substandard building materials, Vanguard reports.

According to him, “we received a distress call around 12 noon on Tuesday about the incident.

“A two storey building under construction collapsed in Unity road, Kantin Kwari market.

“Two persons were trapped inside the building. One, Abdulkadir Nasir, 20-year-old was rescued alive while the other, Naziru Shafiu, 30-year-old was recovered dead. The corpse was evacuated to Nasarawa specialist hospital.

“The ground and first floor of the building have been completed but not yet plastered and not in use while work was ongoing on the last floor before the incident happened.

“The cause of the incident is use of substandard building materials,” Yusif however stated.