Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil, building collasped, 20 feared dead

No life was lost...VC

Tragedy struck at Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil,as part of the building belonging to Department of Architecture which is under construction collapsed.

Earlier report had it that 20 people lost their lives while scores sustsined several degrees of serious injuries.
Reacting, the School management led by the Vice Chancellor of Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Professor Shehu Alhaji Musa, has dismissed as false, reports that 20 people lost their lives when part of a building under construction collapsed at the Department of Architecture.

Musa at a press conference, held at the NUJ Press Centre Kano, said that only five persons sustained injuries, while no life was lost during the incident.

The VC explained that of the five injured, two had already been discharged, while only one suffered a fracture.

The Don said, ”No student sustained injury during the building collapse.

”We want to assure parents that our students are safe. Immediately after the incident, we mobilised security agencies and Health workers from within and outside the University Community to the scene of the incident.”