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Nigeria School Fair Stampede Kills 35 Children
This aerial picture shows a general view of the city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, where the incident occurred
A stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has actually killed 35 children and seriously hurt 6 others, police said on Thursday.
The hurt kids were getting medical attention following the incident, which occurred on Wednesday in Nigeria’s third-largest city, Oyo State Police Command said.
“8 individuals have actually given that been detained for their various participations”, authorities representative Adewale Osifeso said in a statement.
Among those detained was the main sponsor of the event at the Basorun Islamic High School, which was arranged by the Wings Foundation and Agidigbo FM radio.
The Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department has opened a probe, Osifeso added.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in a declaration “revealed profound unhappiness over the terrible event”.
He used his “genuine condolences” to residents, state authorities and the “grieving households who have lost their cherished kids”.
He advised the “Oyo State federal government to take every essential measure to prevent such a disaster from returning”, the statement by the presidency added.
“Among the vital actions are a detailed evaluation of all public occasions’ precaution, rigorous enforcement of safety guidelines, and routine security audits of occasion venues,” Tinubu added.
– ‘Rest in peace’ –
Nigeria has actually seen a number of lethal stampedes in current months.
In March, two students died and 23 were injured after being crushed as thousands collected totally free bags of rice given out by local authorities at Nasarawa State University, in central Nigeria.
Later that month, another stampede eliminated 4 women who had been waiting outside the workplace of a wealthy business person in the northern city of Bauchi to gather 5,000 naira ($3.40) money presents to assist spend for food during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Witnesses said members of the crowd pushed to get hold of the cash, triggering a stampede, as Nigeria came to grips with its worst recession in a generation.
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde had actually shared his condolences for the Ibadan victims on X on Wednesday.
“Our hearts remain with the households and loved ones impacted by this disaster. May the souls of the left rest in peace,” .
“We sympathise with the parents whose pleasure has all of a sudden been turned to grieving due to these deaths,” he included.