Ekiti police reacts as two students die during post-convocation party

The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, CP Falade Adegoroye Michael, has ordered a thorough probe into the incidental astatine Emirate Hotel, Ikere-Ekiti, which resulted successful the decease of a edifice unit subordinate and 2 students of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI).

Preliminary probe revealed that the students had gathered astatine the edifice for a post-convocation enactment aft their ceremonial connected April 18, 2026.

The enactment extended into the aboriginal hours of the pursuing day.

During the event, an statement ensued betwixt 2 yet-to-be-identified students which degenerated into a fight.

In an effort to fly the premises, different guests rushed retired of the hotel, triggering a stampede that led to the decease of 3 persons.

The bodies of the deceased person been deposited successful the morgue for autopsy.

CP Adegoroye expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims and called for calm.

He assured the nationalist that the Command volition permission nary chromatic unturned successful unraveling the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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