A secondary school building has collapsed in Plateau State, killing at least 12 people and leaving dozens of others injured. The tragic incident occurred at Saints Academy in the Busa Buji community of Jos North, where a three-story school building suddenly caved in on students and teachers who were taking exams.
More than 70 pupils were trapped under the rubble, as the peaceful educational environment was transformed into a scene of chaos. Panicked residents and emergency workers rushed to the site to battle the debris and rescue those trapped.
While the full extent of the tragedy remains unclear, some injured students have been transported to nearby hospitals for urgent medical care. Rescue operations are ongoing as authorities work to determine the cause of the collapse and provide support to the affected community.
So far, 12 people have been pulled out dead while dozens of others injured in the collapse have been rushed to nearby hospitals.
Some of those who have been rushed to the hospitals are in urgent need of blood transfusions as the hospitals battle to treat them.
A Channels TV report shows that 26 people are receiving treatment at one of the hospitals, Our Lady of Apostles Hospital, where some of the victims were taken.
Four bodies, it also reports, have been moved to the hospital’s mortuary.
“The Bingham Hospital has received seven bodies and is providing medical care for 16 injured people.
“Thirty-four injured persons are being treated at the Plateau Specialist Hospital; two of them sustained spinal cord injuries,” the report states.
Meanwhile, rescue efforts are ongoing at the scene which is filled with the wailing of sirens from ambulances and and despairing parents eager to find out the fate of their children.
The Joint Security Task Force Operation Safe Haven has mobilised five vans and thirty soldiers to support the rescue efforts.
Emergency workers, supported by volunteers, security personnel, and members of the Red Cross, are using excavators to rescue pupils still trapped under the rubble.
Rescue operation is underway as security agencies and rescue operators battle with excavators to rescue students and teachers buried under the rubble.
The number of casualty figures has yet to be ascertained, it concluded.
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