Tragic WAEC: Three killed, 200 injured as examination hall collapses

THREE pupils killed and two hundred injured on Wednesday at about 6:48pm in Alpha Academy, a private secondary school in Mararaba, Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State  when a building in which they were writing the West African Examination Council School Certificate examination (WASCE) collapsed. 

30  of the injured candidates are said to be in critical condition at the CRCN Hospital, Takum, where doctors are battling to save their lives. One of the survivors, Godiya John, 22, who sustained a spinal cord injury, was immediately referred to the National Hospital, Abuja.

Donga council chair Capt. Douglas Ndatse (rtd), who confirmed the incident, described the examination hall as a one-storey building and that the examination took place upstairs.

Another survivor, mr Ezekiel said they were waiting for the Biology question paper when the building suddenly came down on them. Ezekiel, who is seriously injured, said the incident occurred at about 6:48pm more than three hours behind the time scheduled for the examination as the exam was slated for 3:30pm