“I Am Afraid To Go To School Again” – 3-Year Old Lagos School Building Collapse Survivor
A 3-year old survivor of the recent school building collapse at Ita Faji on Lagos Island, Kabiru Sasore, has expressed his fear at going to school again. Narrating his experience, the little man said he was eating in his classroom when he suddenly heard a loud sound and he assumed it to be a bomb.
Speaking to The Nation, Kabiru recounted:
“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 school that day, I later saw a caterpillar. Though I am fine but my back is still painting me and my neck.”
Aftermath of the unfortunate encounter, Kabiru says he is afraid to go back to school because he does not want to experience the incident again.
His Aunt, Balikis Muhammed said he was discharged from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH ) on Thursday, adding that he is still on medication and will be going back on Thursday, on appointment.
Balikis said:
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“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 bed side, 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.”
Another survivor, Farouk Abimbola, 7-years old, in Primary 3, said he was in his class and lecture was ongoing when the incident occurred.
“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”
His Aunt, Titilayo Kowobar, said he has been discharged from the hospital though he still goes for treatment. She added that Farouk’s other sibling who was also involved in the accident, is still on admission at the hospital.
Telling how the Abimbola’s are faring, Titilayo said:
“They are not in the right frame of mind, because their house has also been demolished. Now the family has no where to live; the father hangs around, the mother and Farouk stays with me, while their other children stays else where.”