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Hours after the devastating building collapse that occurred at Saint Academy in Busa Buji, Jos North LGA, Plateau State, trapping numerous students beneath the rubble, the State Government has confirmed 22 dead and 132 persons injured.
According to Musa Ashoms, the Commissioner for Information, six of the injured were in critical condition.
He said that those injured were receiving treatment in various tertiary health facilities in the state, while the bodies of the deceased had been deposited in the mortuaries.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reported that a two-storey building of Saints Academy, a secondary and primary school located in Busa-Buji community of Jos North Local Area, had collapsed, trapping students, teachers and others.
Reports had it that the students were writing their third term examination when the incident occurred at about 8:30 am on Friday.
Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang has described the sad incident as a tragic and monumental loss to the state.
Mutfwang stated this in a statement issued by Mr Gyang Bere, his Director of Press and Public Affairs, on Friday in Jos.
The governor, while sympathising with the families of the affected victims, further described the incident as heartbreaking and unfortunate.
“This is tragic, unfortunate, heart-wrenching and a gloomy situation. We appreciate the timely intervention of the search-and-rescue team, as well as members of the public, who rushed to the school premises to assist in evacuating some of the surviving students and staff,” he said.
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