A school, Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School, located in the Bukuru area of Jos, the Plateau state capital, collapsed on Sunday evening, killing a yet unknown number of pupils.

A witness, Awal Ahmed, said at least seven bodies have been removed from the rubble of the building.

The incident, Mr. Ahmed said, occurred at about 6:30pm local time just as the school, said to be a private Islamic institution, was holding its evening classes.

The witness told PREMIUM TIMES several other pupils were badly injured.

“So far, seven dead bodies have been evacuated from the building, but several others are believed to still be in the rubble,” he said.

Most of the affected pupils are believed to be between the ages of six and seven.

It was gathered that more than 30 pupils do attend the Sunday classes to learn how to read the Quoran, and that several of them were present when the incident occurred.

The spokesperson for the Plateau state command of the police could not be reached for comments.

His telephone was switched off the several times PREMIUM TIMES called.

However, the North-central Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mohammed Abudulsalam, confirmed the incident.

Mr. Abdulsalam said a rescue team from the agency had arrived the scene of the incident, recovering seven bodies, and rescuing five other “badly injured” victims alive.

He said the injured persons were rushed to Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos.

The NEMA official however declined to provide the exact number of casualties in the incident, saying rescue work was still ongoing.

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lalasticlala

"may out Mother Mary, the mother of God, the Queen of all Souls, intercede to her son to accept their souls. Before you quote me to say thrash, remember what role your mother plays In your life". Quote me anywhere.

Rip to d dead

May they RIP..

Too bad...

Many do not have the means to go to school.
Some choose not to go, even when offered a means.
Now dose dat had the little means and chose to go have been cut short of their dreams.


God knows best. Who are we to question?
RIP, little lads.

ETT... There's hardly a day now you won't hear heartbreaking news.

RIP

From Mecca to Jos. Na wa O.

I hate hearing this kind of news... Sad

R.I.P

Jonathan's almajiri school ohhhhhhhhhhhh

Where is the Contractor ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

RIP Nigerians

May they RIP. So the authorities saw nothing or no danger sign before such a disaster? No cracks or anything? Or it was overlooked? This must be investigated

sirugos:
I hate hearing this kind of news... Sad

me i love hearing this kinda news but i hate reading it.

Oh my....

Another collapsed building, another architect/civil engineer that failed to do a good job or used substandard materials in the name of greed! It is well...

It's [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

Too bad















Rip

Na wha o

Lord have mercy on us

The rate at which buildings are collapsing these days ehn... Make the engineering societies help us ooo...

RIP to the dead and quick recovery to the injured.

Eeyah. Jos and bad news

So sad


Buhari administration needs spiritual cleaning.

RIP

Olorun a ma fi iso re so wa o...amin

I thought school is resuming tomorrow







How come many pupils feared dead?





Anyway RIP if its true

bad thing's always happens in north....is it that someone somewhere is trying to reduce their population?

God why?

eyah..... RIP to the dead.

RIP to those innocent children.....islam islam islam islam islam Jesus(isa) is the only way tru which man can gain eternal life.....

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It's now appears to be one month one trouble for my once most loved city in Nigeria.



Oh God save Jos and entire Plateau State from further tragedy.



RIP to the dead.

[size=18pt]I am tired of all these preventable tragedies causing the deaths of innocent children, because of the stupidity of their parents, guardians, teachers and administrators. Like the case of the missing Chibok school girls who were abandoned by their teachers, school principals and matrons who should have been arrested as accomplices of the Boko Haram terrorists.
None of the children of the teachers, school principals and matrons was among the kidnapped school girls.

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Pathetic. Nigeria should begin to put measures in place to ensure compliance to safety standards in how we build our buildings.God help us

What has our brothers done to be getting killed like this? It was saudi last time where 107 perished over collapsed structure. With thousand of them dying in wars and millions displaced in the regions where moslems are majority. It is really a bad time for islamic nations.