Two children die as school toilet collapses in Niger State

Two children have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed toilet of UK Bello Memorial Primary School, Paiko, in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State.

Daily Trust correspondent is yet to ascertain what the children were doing around the building that was said to be weak.

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Some sources said the children, a boy and a girl, were hawking sachet water with their friends around the school when the building collapsed on them, killing them on the spot. Others said they were scavenging for scraps to sell around the building when it collapsed.

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