Residents in Mpape community, an Abuja suburb in Bwari Area Council in the FCT, are now living in fear, following a mini earth tremor noticed in a section of the community, going into the third day.
Mpape is situated less than 10 minutes’ from the Abuja highbrow district of Maitama. It’s densely populated with many low earners as well as the middle class among its residents.
Residents who spoke to journalists disclosed that the earth tremor experience, accompanied with a devastated sound, was first noticed on Saturday and continued on Sunday as well as yesterday, Monday.
The situation is well noted around areas like P.W Neighbourhood, and Mopol 24 barracks, two areas sandwiched by the lonely single road that leads into the community. It has also been heard around Katampe junction, the area linked with the Murtala Muhammad Expressway.
Some of the residents claimed tyhe buildings shake whenever the movement takes place, causing fear in the minds of the residents.
They said there was movement about 10 times on Saturday alone from when it started sometime around 4 pm, adding that the situation got worse the following day, Sunday.
A mining blaster, Nasiru Ahmad who spent years in the profession within the community noted that one can hardly be able to understand where the sound is originating from, unlike that of stone blasting, that is easy to be identified.
It was learnt that the incident has been as routine occurrence in the axis just as residents appealed to appropriate authorities to come to their aid.
Source: The nation
