A school building in collapsed on Friday, killing several students, according to government authorities.
The incident took place in Busa Buji in Jos, in Nigeria’s Plateau State, to the east of Abuja.
“A two-story building housing Saint Academy (School) in Busa Buji in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State collapsed this morning killing several students,” Nigeria’s Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said online, sharing images apparently from the scene.
“I entered the class not more than five minutes, when I heard a sound, and the next thing is I found myself here,” Wulliya Ibrahim, one of the injured students told the AFP news agency, with his mother at his hospital bedside. “We are many in the class, we are writing our exams.”
At least 15 rescued and injured students were admitted, hospital officials said.
The Reuters news agency cited an eyewitness as saying that seven motionless bodies had been pulled from the rubble.
Police, soldiers and civilians were crowded near the scene.
NEMA said its staff and other critical stakeholders were conducting search and rescue operations.
The cause of the collapse was not immmediately clear but it came following fairly heavy rainfall in recent days, with more thunderstorms forecast on Friday and into the weekend.
msh/lo (AFP, Reuters)
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