By Ayodele Oni
Classroom of a secondary school in Taraba state in which students were writing the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) caved in, leaving several persons injured.
The incident happened at Government Secondary School, Namne, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State.
The classrooms collapsed on them during a heavy rainfall which was accompanied by wind storm.
The students and their invigilators were trapped in the collapsed classrooms for hours before some residents rescued them.
A resident, Alhaji DanAzumi Lauris, that it was the second set of the students that the classrooms collapsed on, as the first set had finished their exams and left the school premises.
He said the incident occurred at about 6pm on Wednesday.
DanAzumi, stated that injured students, teachers were moved to Primary Healthcare Centre located few meters away from the school where they are now receiving treatment.
He said apart from the school, the storm destroyed many houses in the community.
DanAzumi stated that the injured students, teachers and Corps members were moved to Primary Healthcare centre located a few meters away from the school where they are now receiving treatment.
He explained that apart from the school ravaged by the storm, several houses within the community were also affected.
Report added that in Jalingo town, many students went back home after 1.00 am as a result of heavy rainfall, which started when the examinations commenced and lasted hours which prevented many of them from going back home till after 1am.
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