Kebbi: Hill collapses, kills eight students
No fewer than eight Almajiri students are suspected to have died as a portion of Dukk Hill in the Badariya area in Birnin Kebbi allegedly collapsed on them.
Confirming the unfortunate incident to our Sunday PUNCH, the head teacher of the Tsagniya school, Malam Dan Umma, who was heartbroken, to speak to the press, said the incident happened Saturday morning.
He said, “I am yet to know the cause as I was alerted by the cries of people at the back of the house only to see that a large portion of the hill had fallen on the Almajiris, killing eight of them instantly while one was rescued from the rubbles and has been admitted at the hospital.
“The hill is just behind my house, housing me and the almajiris and it is the same place they use as toilets and also dig it to collect clay to mould clay blocks in preparation to build a small room for themselves.”
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People of the area were at the scene of the incident to catch a glimpse of the fallen portion of the hill and to sympathise with the local Islamic cleric.
The Dukku Hill is vast and stretches to residential buildings due to population expansion and accommodation problems.
The said victims have been buried according to Islamic rights.
People of the area were at the scene of the incident to catch a glimpse of the fallen portion of the hill and to sympathise with the local Islamic cleric.
The Dukku Hill is vast and stretches to residential buildings due to population expansion and accommodation problems.
The said victims have been buried according to Islamic rights.
Efforts to speak with the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nafiu Abubakar, were not successful as he didn’t respond to his calls at the time of filling this report. Punch
