Nigeria, March 17 -- On Monday, students of Jesus College, Otukpo, in Benue State, resumed school for their terminal examinations only to find their classrooms and other facilities badly damaged by a windstorm.

The principal of the school, Simon Omala, told PREMIUM TIMES that the storm on Friday night destroyed classrooms, staff quarters, laboratories, and other facilities within the school compound.

"The windstorm blew down almost everything in the school. Staff quarters, classrooms, the staff room, and the exam hall. Virtually everything was affected," Mr Omala said.

According to him, the students had gone home when the storm occurred, but returned on Monday to find a heavily damaged school.

"This morning, the students came to conti...