7 almajarai killed as burrow pit collapses in Kebbi

A pit collapsed on eight pupils of the Malam Dan-Umma Qur’anic School at Bayan Science, Badariya in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing seven of them and injuring one.

The proprietor of the school, Malam Dan Umar, confirmed the incident to reporters at his residence in the school premises yesterday, April 20.

He said that earlier on Saturday, April 20, he had assigned the pupils to go to the top of the hill near the school to excavate clay and gravel to mend the holes inside their rooms in preparation for flooding season. 

Umar, who spoke amid tears, said that in the process, a heavy chunk of the laterite fell on them, leaving seven dead on the spot and one hospitalised.

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