On Thursday, students from Beaconsfield Elite Academy Ushafa in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, were killed in a car accident while returning from an excursion trip.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the pupils were returning from an excursion at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Headquarters when the incident occurred.
The school administration confirmed the incident to reporters, stating that the students had been taken to the hospital.
According to one Miss Ify, who spoke on behalf of the administration, the incident involved approximately 18 students.
“They were returning from an excursion in CBN when the incident occurred around Dutse-Alhaji”, she said.
Ify was, however, unable to give details of the incident, stating that “the driver’s contact has not been going through so we don’t haven’t the details yet.”
A source said most of the pupils were unconscious when the parents arrived at the scene.