Seven persons have reportedly died during a graduation celebration at a private residence in Nsukka, Enugu State, leaving the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) community in shock.
The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday night at Hilltop, an off-campus residential area in Nsukka, where some people believed to be university students had gathered for a party to celebrate completing their academic programmes.
Reports circulating on social media identified the victims as Pharmacy graduates of the university, although their identities had yet to be officially confirmed.
The gathering was organised as a sign-off party, with some participants reportedly sharing photographs and videos of the celebration on social media before the incident.
However, the celebration reportedly ended in tragedy, with seven people said to have died under circumstances that remained unclear as of the time of filing this report.
An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the incident as a tragic development for the Nsukka community.
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👉 JOIN GISTSMATE WHATSAPP CHANNELVideos circulating on social media purportedly showed the bodies of some of the victims inside a room at the residence.
The cause of the deaths and the identities of the deceased remained unknown.
When contacted, the university’s spokesperson, Sunday Inya Egwu, said he was at the hospital gathering information about the incident.
He said he was yet to establish the identities of the deceased or confirm whether they were students of the institution.
The university had yet to issue an official confirmation of the victims’ identities and student status as of the time of filing this report.
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