How Four UNN Students Died After Graduation Party, Six Hospitalised

UNN declares 3 days of mourning as 4 students die, 6 hospitalised

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has declared three days of mourning after four of its students died following an off-campus party in Nsukka, Enugu State. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Simon Ortuanya confirmed the deaths to journalists on Thursday, a day after the incident.

Ortuanya said 10 students attended the party, which was organised to celebrate a friend who had completed his final-year examinations.

He said four of the students died after reportedly consuming substances suspected to be alcohol and drugs, while the remaining six were receiving treatment at different hospitals.

Calling the incident a devastating loss to the university community, the vice-chancellor said it was “a death too many”.

The mourning period, he said, would see the suspension of all social and academic activities.

Ortuanya also suspended a town hall meeting earlier scheduled between the university community and the Enugu State Governor, and thanked the governor for his understanding.

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The vice-chancellor offered his condolences to the deceased students’ families, friends and colleagues, and said the university community shared in their grief.

He dismissed reports suggesting that all the students involved in the incident were from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, clarifying that they belonged to different departments across the university.

Ortuanya restated the institution’s ban on all forms of sign-out celebrations and asked students to avoid conduct that could put their lives at risk.

He said completing studies should be a time for reflection, not an occasion for reckless celebrations.

The vice-chancellor added that the university was collaborating with security agencies to find out what actually led to the students’ deaths.