A two-storey building housing secondary school students has collapsed in Busa Buji village, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The building collapsed on Friday, while the students were writing their third-term examination.
The number of casualties has not been ascertained as rescue operations are ongoing.
Mr Sunday Abdu, the Executive Secretary of Plateau State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, told NAN that the agency had mobilized its personnel and relevant agencies to the scene for emergency rescue efforts.
Abdu said personnel of the Jos Metropolitan Development Board, JMDB, and others are currently at the scene with earth-moving equipment to remove the debris, in a bid to rescue the children.
Meanwhile, the Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr Eugene Nyelong, also told NAN that the number of casualties would be ascertained on completion of recuse operations.
DAILY POST reports that rescued victims are being rushed to different hospitals with ambulance by various organizations, including the Federal Road Safety Corps, NEMA, Red Cross, Army and Police.
Two-storey building housing secondary school students collapses in Jos
