Tragedy struck in Jos as a school building collapsed on students taking their exams at Saint’s Academy, located in Jos North, Plateau State.
Reports indicate that the students were in the midst of their exams when part of the building unexpectedly collapsed on them.
Search efforts for survivors have already begun, with photos and videos circulating online showing the bodies of some children who did not survive.
As of now, the death toll and the number of survivors remain uncertain.
JayfmJos wrote;
“BREAKING:Several feared dead as two storey school building collapses in Plateau
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 830 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 Jay FM visited the school ,many of the residents were seen wailing on the ground while security men and emergency workers were busing trying to pull survivors from the rubble.”
See photos and videos below;
School building coll@pses on students writing exams in Jos.
A two-storey Secondary School building, Saints Academy, located in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, coll@psed this morning, July 12, 2024, in Busa-Buji Area. pic.twitter.com/p2DOyeLBBO
— Queencookie (@BOnyemaech84573) July 12, 2024
BREAKING:
A two-storey building belonging to a secondary school, Saints Academy, located in Busa-Buji Area, Jos, Plateau State, has collapsed this morning while students were having exams.
First responders are currently trying to rescue the children from the collapsed building. pic.twitter.com/KygYyC7jA0
— SERAH IBRAHIM (@TheSerahIbrahim) July 12, 2024
