Young survivors of the school building that collapsed at Lagos Island have narrated what went down within the wreckage.
A three-year-old student, Kabiru Sasore, explained that he was eating in a particular class when the incident occurred. He mentioned that he thought it was a bomb and their school had been attacked.
Although Kabiru has now been discharged from the hospital after he was rushed there, he stated that he is now scared to resume back to school.
On the other hand, Kabiru’s mother also had to be rushed to another private hospital as she slummed after she heard the news.
In a discussion with The Nation, Kabiru stated, “I was eating in my class when my school collapsed, I heard a loud sound, and our school shook and all of us fell on each other. I was afraid and I didn’t want to go to the school that day, I later saw a caterpillar. Though I am fine but my back is still painting me and my neck.”
Also, Kabiru’s aunt, Balikis Muhammed, explained what the young boy’s attitude has been like since the incident.
She said, “His mother, Idera, is not feeling fine due to the shock from the incident; she is currently on admission in the hospital. When I saw him in the hospital last Thursday, when he woke up in the hospital, what he told us was that they bombed his school, everybody shook and it was not fair. He was shouting the name of his friend from the same school who was by his bedside, that one was asleep but Kabiru continuously shouted his name and was banging on his bed till that one woke up, opened his eyes, shouted Daddy.”
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old Primary 3 student of the school, Farouk Abimbola, also narrated what he experienced as the building crumbled.
He said, “We were in the class reading with our teacher when the building suddenly started shaking and it collapsed, I heard a loud sound and I saw pillars coming down. I later saw caterpillar then sand was covering my leg and my head; some people carried and removed me from the sand and took me to the hospital. My leg and my hand are still paining me.”
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