Three die in Ekiti hotel during post-convocation night party

Three persons person reportedly died successful Ikere-Ekiti, the office of Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State, during a post-convocation ceremonial party.

The tragic incidental happened connected Saturday nighttime astatine a fashionable edifice successful the area.

DAILY POST gathered that caller graduates and scores of students had gathered astatine the edifice earlier connected Saturday to observe the 2nd convocation ceremonial of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, BOUESTI.

According to eyewitnesses, the ambiance which was initially filled with excitement and jubilation, turned into chaos erstwhile a disagreement among immoderate attendees escalated into violence.

As the concern triggered panic among the merrymakers, fears of imminent information led to a frantic unreserved for safety, resulting successful a stampede.

A root said, “Unfortunately, 3 radical mislaid their lives. Two died arsenic a effect of stampede, portion the 3rd idiosyncratic was attacked during the violence. One of the victims was a caller postgraduate who participated successful the convocation ceremonial earlier that day.”

The calamity was further compounded by reports that 2 of the deceased were siblings, throwing their household and the wider assemblage into heavy mourning.

Three dice successful Ekiti hotel...