Yisau Babatunde reports,
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| A Tree fell over the Zamfara Fence. PC| Yisau Babatunde |
Following heavy rainfall on the night of Monday, September 8th, 2025, student residents at Jibril Aminu hostel expressed safety concern after a tree was uprooted and collapsed onto a building, causing destruction.
The incident occurred at exactly 11:36 pm, shortly after the rainfall began with a stormy wind which led to the tree close to Block A broke off from its branches and fell heavily into the hostel building, obstructing the main entrance.
Speaking with DIGEST PRESS, Anas Salahudeen, a resident at the hostel, described the incident as frightening and discomforting to the safety of all the residents.
“We just heard a disastrous thunder strike and then a loud terrifying sound. To our shocked, we came out only to found that the tree closed to our room block fell completely with part of its branches broken to the destruction of the entrance building,” he narrated.
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| A Tree fell over Jibril Aminu's Block A. PC| Yisau Babatunde |
Sulaimon Zainab, a resident at female hostel, also narrated that it was a horror incident experiencing such kind of downpour. She said that she was shaken by the stormy and thunder strike.
“The thunder strike violently that nearly brought our room down, and everyone was thrown into fright. But I woke up this morning to also discovered that the rain had uprooted the tree. I just couldn't imagine how lucky we were that it caused no damage to us except fence of the building.”
In the same account, MallamZakariya, one of the school hostel guards expressed concerns over the night incident. He stated that it was really fortunate no student was injured and no property got destroyed.
According to him, the school management will quickly be informed about the incident for swift intervention and he equally assured that they will help to remove the tree from obstructing the convenience of the residents.