{"id":673595,"date":"2019-08-06T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">Angry students are protesting at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi following the death of four students when a bridge within the campus collapsed Monday night, witnesses said.<\/p>"},"modified":"2019-08-06T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:39:14","slug":"nigeria-bridge-collapses-in-nigerian-university-kills-four-students-many-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/06\/nigeria-bridge-collapses-in-nigerian-university-kills-four-students-many-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Bridge Collapses in Nigerian University, Kills Four Students &#8211; Many Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">Angry students are protesting at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi following the death of four students when a bridge within the campus collapsed Monday night, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">The concrete bridge collapsed after a heavy downpour. Many students are missing. About 20 students are said to have been on the bridge when the tragedy struck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">According to some students, the bridge collapsed while students reading for their exams were returning from the classes to their hostels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">The police in Bauchi confirmed the development, but referred journalists to the University\u2019s public relations unit for details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">A female student who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on phone said, &#8220;All calls put across to the management asking them to come for help were not responded to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">&#8220;Four of our students died &#8211; three females and a male. Some are in the hospital and there are still some that have not been accounted for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"1\"><strong>Protest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">As a result, there was a protest at the University&#8217;s permanent site in Gubi village where incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">The angry students have since barricaded the entrance of the new ATBU campus, preventing the management staff from entering the campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">The Gubi campus of ATBU has been a construction site, with many ongoing and some uncompleted structures littering all parts of the campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">The management of the University is to hold a press conference on the issue any moment from now.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.story-footer-link--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angry students are protesting at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi following the death of four students when a bridge within the campus collapsed Monday night, witnesses said. 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