Update: 22 rescued, 2 dead in Gwarinpa building collapse

Mrs Isa also revealed that two persons trapped in the building collapse had died.

She said a combined team of FEMA, NEMA, FRSC, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the department of Development Control, Abuja Metropolitan Management Agency, and Red Cross were at the scene to rescue the remaining people trapped in the rubble of the collapsed building.

She said that some construction companies with heavy duty equipment were also part of the rescue efforts.