UNN Tragedy: We Were Playing Truth or Dare When One Person Started Vomiting – Survivor

A survivor of the birthday party where four University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), students died and six others were hospitalised has recounted the events leading to the incident.

 

Speaking in a video shared on X by Vanguard Newspaper on Friday, the survivor, a male student, whose name was not disclosed, said 10 people attended the gathering.

 

He said his friend, identified as David, invited him to the birthday party, where they bought bottles of Magic Moments and Best alcoholic drinks.

 

According to him, the gathering began around 11:30 pm. He added that he poured the drinks into party cups and distributed them to the attendees.

 

 

“I’m 24 years old. My friend first invited me and said I should come to their birthday. His name is David,” he said.

 

“Then we bought Magic Moments and Best. David was the one who bought it. So, he bought it, and we took him home.

 

“It was 11.30 pm. The day before yesterday, as we started, I poured the drinks into the cups. It was a great party cup.

 

 

“So, I poured the drinks to each and every attendee of the party in the cup.”

 

According to him, the group later played Truth or Dare, a party game in which participants either answer questions truthfully or take on challenges.

 

“So, as we were playing the game, one game, T and D (Truth and Dare).  It’s just like a fun game where if you are told to say the truth, you tell the truth about something,” he said.

 

“If you are being dared to do something, then you do it. It is just for the party

 

 

“We were up to 10 in number. Yes, it’s part of the party. I don’t know how many girls are with us.

 

“So, at the point where one of the guys vomited, I now took him to the bathroom.”

 

BACK STORY

On Thursday, the management of the UNN confirmed the deaths of four students following an off-campus party, saying six others were receiving treatment in hospital.

 

TheCable had reported earlier that the four students died following a suspected hard drug overdose at a party held at their apartment in End in Praise Lodge, Hilltop area of Nsukka, the university’s host community.

 

 

Addressing journalists on the university campus, Simon Ortunaya, vice-chancellor of UNN, said 10 students were involved in the incident, which occurred on Wednesday.

 

He said four students died at the scene, while the other six were taken to hospital for treatment.

 

 

The vice-chancellor said the university received a distress call at about 10 pm on November 11 and immediately deployed its security personnel to the lodge where the party was held.

 

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 but said the victims were not pharmacy students, contrary to reports.