One of the buildings housing several classrooms at Diamond Grammar College, Ikang under Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has collapsed, killing at least four students.
The unfortunate incident while happened while the students were writing an exam in the school last Friday, had two students killed on the spot, with the two others giving up the ghost this morning March 28 from injuries they sustained from the sad incident.
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An eyewitness close to the scene of the incident told Sahara Reporters that:
“I saw dead bodies of students being moved out of the school immediately after the building collapsed. It was a very horrible sight on Friday; everywhere was in chaos as a result of the incident.”
“The heavy rain compounded the whole problem as it made the evacuation of students trapped in the collapsed building quite difficult for rescuers.”
Cross River State Commissioner of Education, Godwin Amanke while confirming the incident mourned the students, adding that the state government is working with the authorities of the school to ensure such a tragedy never happens again.
“It is unfortunate that the two other students who were injured and receiving treatment at the hospital died this morning, bringing the number of deaths to four.
“We are scaling up our standards and requirements and private schools that do not meet up with this will not be allowed to operate anymore.
“We maintain a high standard of safety in our public schools across the state and private schools that wish to operate here must keep to that standard.”he said
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