Several feared dead as school building collapses in Plateau

By Trek Africa Newspaper

A two-storey school building in Plateau State has collapsed leaving many students and teachers trapped with many of them feared dead.

It was learnt that the school, Saint Academy located at the Busa Buji community in Jos North Local Government Area of the state collapsed on Friday morning around 8:30 am when many of the students and teachers were already in classes.

The news of the collapsed building jolted the community as distraught residents and parents who had their wards in the school were said to have rushed to the institution to ascertain their fate.

When our Correspondent visited the school around, many of the residents were seen wailing while security men and emergency workers were busy trying to pull survivors from the rubble.

Source: Punch