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Nigeria School Fair Stampede Kills 35 Children

This aerial photograph reveals a basic view of the city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, where the incident occurred

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A stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has eliminated 35 children and seriously hurt six others, authorities stated on Thursday.

The hurt children were getting medical attention following the event, which occurred on Wednesday in Nigeria’s third-largest city, Oyo State Police Command stated.

“8 persons have since been detained for their various involvements”, cops spokesperson Adewale Osifeso stated in a statement.

Among those detained was the primary 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 actually opened a probe, Osifeso added.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in a statement “expressed extensive unhappiness over the tragic event”.

He offered his “heartfelt condolences” to locals, state authorities and the “grieving households who have lost their cherished children”.

He prompted the “Oyo State federal government to take every needed procedure to prevent such a disaster from reoccurring”, the declaration by the presidency included.

“Among the vital actions are a thorough evaluation of all public occasions’ safety measures, strict enforcement of security regulations, and routine security audits of occasion venues,” Tinubu added.

– ‘Rest in peace’ –

Nigeria has seen a number of fatal stampedes in current months.

In March, 2 trainees died and 23 were injured after being crushed as thousands collected free of charge bags of rice handed out by local authorities at Nasarawa State University, in .

Later that month, another stampede killed 4 females who had actually been waiting outside the office of a rich businessman in the northern city of Bauchi to collect 5,000 naira ($3.40) cash gifts to assist pay for food during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Witnesses said members of the crowd pressed to acquire the cash, triggering a stampede, as Nigeria faced its worst economic crisis in a generation.

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde had actually shared his acknowledgements for the Ibadan victims on X on Wednesday.

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“Our hearts stay with the households and enjoyed ones affected by this tragedy. May the souls of the departed rest in peace,” Makinde said.

“We sympathise with the parents whose happiness has actually unexpectedly been turned to mourning due to these deaths,” he added.

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