Total of 154 pupils were trapped with 132 rescued and treated for injuries in various hospitals
The Saints Academy college in the north-central Plateau state’s Busa Buji community collapsed shortly after pupils, many of whom were 15 years old or younger, arrived for classes.
A total of 154 pupils were trapped with 132 rescued and treated for injuries in various hospitals, Plateau police spokesman Alfred Alabo said. Twenty-two pupils were killed. Rescue and health workers as well as security forces had been deployed at the scene, said Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency.Carnage at Gaza school compound adds to mounting death toll at UN buildingsUkraine’s military recruitment drive looks to prisons and Poland to boost numbers
“To ensure prompt medical attention, the government has instructed hospitals to prioritise treatment without documentation or payment,” Plateau state’s commissioner for information Musa Ashoms said in a statement. The state government blamed the tragedy on the school’s “weak structure and location near a riverbank”.Dozens of villagers gathered near the school, some weeping and others offering to help, as rescuers combed through the debris.Building collapses are becoming common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, with more than a dozen such incidents recorded in the last two years.
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