Four students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) have been confirmed dead following a party held at their apartment in End in Praise Lodge, Hilltop area of Nsukka, the university’s host community.
Onah Olisaemeka, president of the UNN chapter of the
Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students (PANS); and Obasi Chibuike, the
association’s secretary; confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, but
said the victims were not pharmacy students, as widely reported.
The statement said the student leaders visited the hospital
where the bodies were deposited in a bid to ascertain the identities of the
deceased but could not identify any of them.
“I personally visited Faith Foundation Hospital, where the
bodies of four deceased persons (two boys and two girls) from the incident were
deposited at the mortuary,” the statement reads.
“I also personally viewed the deceased, and I can confirm
that I did not recognise any of them as a pharmacy student.”
The student leaders said further enquiries revealed that two
of the deceased were familiar UNN social media personalities, popularly known
for street vlogging (Rymez) and dance content (Golden), respectively.
While urging the university community to avoid spreading
unverified information and speculation, the student leaders said further
enquiries were ongoing to ascertain the identities of the victims.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this
unfortunate incident,” the statement added.
Speaking with TheCable, Uzoma Maduakonam, editor-in-chief of
the association, also confirmed the incident, saying it occurred after a house
party following the final-year pharmacy students’ final examinations on
Tuesday.
“It was after a house party held at the hostel. And the
students were immediately rushed to the hospital. But none of them survived
it,” she said.
“Though the final-year students of pharmacy wrote their
final papers on Tuesday, the president and classmates who visited the hospital
couldn’t identify any of the students as their colleagues.”
Meanwhile, in a viral WhatsApp message purportedly written
by a colleague of one of the deceased, the deaths were attributed to a mixture
of hard drugs and alcohol allegedly consumed at the party.
The writer claimed that some of the attendees began
collapsing around midnight on Tuesday after consuming the substances.
“It was not poison that killed them; it was a mixture of
hard drugs and alcohol,” the message reads.
“The house party was held on Tuesday night, and they started
collapsing around midnight because the mixture was very strong.
“Then, a neighbour of the host went to knock on his door
yesterday night, but nobody responded. They broke down the door and that was
how they found dead bodies everywhere.”
The writer added that one of the victims “is currently in
the hospital, and tests confirmed that she had a hard drug overdose in her
system”.
However, as of the time of filing this report, the
university is yet to issue an official statement on the incident.
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