4 WAEC students killed, 30 others injured as building collapse in Taraba State

The Taraba State Government has confirmed the collapse of a school building over students writing WAEC exams, saying four students died, while 30 others were injured.

Kefas Sule, the spokesperson to the acting governor, Garba Umar, while confirming the incident to PREMIUM TIMES over the phone, named the affected school as Alfa Academy, Mararraba, Donga, adding that the traditional ruler of Donga, the Gara of Donga, has already visited the site of the incident and commiserated with the families of the victims on behalf of the state government.

Mr. Sule added that “the school is privately owned and the information we have is that there was heavy rain when the building collapsed”.

Reports from Taraba State indicate that a one-storey building collapsed on students as they wrote the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, exams on Wednesday.

The incident reportedly occurred Wednesday in Mararaba Ba-Isa, a village in Donga Local Government Area of the state.

A witness informed PREMIUM TIMES that five students lost their lives, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries.

They added that the building collapsed during a heavy rain.

Source: Premium Times Newspaper