Report from Jos, Plateau state capital has revealed that up to 21 students Saint Academy have died after the two-storey school building collapsed on Friday.
The building had collapsed at about 9:00am, when pupils and students were writing their end of term examinations.
Confirming the casualties, Plateau State Secretary, Red Cross Society of Nigeria, Nuruddeen Hussain Magaji, said after a joint search and rescue operations as well as evacutaion, some casualty figures were recorded.
“We recorded 21 fatalities, and 69 injuries already in admission at various hospitals,” he said.
Blueprint correspondent, who visited some of the hospitals reports that some of the dead bodies were deposited at Our Lady of Apostles Hospital, Jos, while dozens of other injured pupils and students are admitted for treatment.
Similarly, at the Bengham University Teaching Hospital, dead bodies were deposited at the mortuary, while many other survivors with various degrees of injuries were in admission for treatment.
Many people have been trooping to donate blood at the hospital.
Also, Blueprint correspondent reports that good samaritans are mainly youths, the team of Red Cross of Nigeria, staff of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and those of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), have carried out searched and rescue operations, as several machines were busy demolishing the remaining part of the collapsed building.