The victims who were on
their way back to the hostel when the bridge that links one of the hostels and
another building with lecture rooms, collapsed during a heavy downpour.
Some students have died at
the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Gubi Campus, Bauchi State after a
pedestrian bridge in the University collapsed on Monday night.
The exact number of
casualties is unknown as some sources within the school said between two and
four students were swept off by the flood.
A source said: “I learnt
that eight students have been killed, many others are missing. One corpse was
found around the Nigerian Air Force Base (over 5 kilometres away), many are
still missing.”
According to another source
within the institution, “the bridge linking the classes with the hostels
collapsed as a result of yesterday’s (Monday) torrential rain while students
were returning to the hostels”.
A student of the University
posted on his Facebook account that, “We learnt that there was a sudden
disaster which happened at ATBU, Gubi Campus, which affected many of our
students, and there might be loss of lives. Please let’s pray for them, and
anyone with relatives, brothers, sisters should make an enquiry about his or
her well-being”.
The institution’s
Spokesman, Dr Andee Iheme, told pressmen that “An emergency Senate meeting has
been called this morning and we will hold a Press Conference immediately after
that.”
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