Hundreds of students escaped by whiskers when the classrooms in which they were sitting for the Senior Secondrary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) caved in on Wednesday.
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.
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The students and their invigilators were trapped in the collapsed classrooms for hours before some residents rescued them.
A resident, Alhaji DanAzumi Lauris, told Daily Trust 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 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 corp members were moved to Primary Healthcare centre located a few meters away from the school where they are now receiving treatment.
He said apart from the school destroyed by the storm.many houses in the town were also destroyed by the storm.
In Jalingo town many students went back home after 1am as a result of heavy rainfall which started when they were writing their exams and rainfall lasted hours which many of them from going back home till after 1am
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