Four Students Killed as School Building Collapses in Cross River (Photo)

No fewer than four students have lost their lives after a school building at Diamond Grammar College, Ikang in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State collapsed on Friday, March 25, Siggy reports.

According to reports, the building collapsed while students were writing an exam in the school, and while two of the victims died on the spot, the other two died on the morning of March 28 from injuries they sustained from the unfortunate incident.

Confirming the incident, Commissioner for Quality Education in Cross River State, Mr Godwin Amanke, said the state government is working with the authorities of the school to ensure such a tragedy never happens again.

“It is unfortunate that the two other students who were injured and receiving treatment at the hospital died this morning, bringing the number of deaths to four.

We are scaling up our standards and requirements and private schools that do not meet up with this will not be allowed to operate anymore.

We maintain a high standard of safety in our public schools across the state and private schools that wish to operate here must keep to that standard”, he said.

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