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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 said on Thursday. (Image: [[https://www.yohaig.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bet9ja-mobile-registration-14.jpg|https://www.yohaig.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bet9ja-mobile-registration-14.jpg)]]
The hurt children were getting medical attention following the incident, which took location on Wednesday in Nigeria's third-largest city, Oyo State Police Command stated.
“8 persons have actually because been arrested for their different participations”, authorities spokesperson said in a statement.
Among those apprehended was the main sponsor of the occasion at the Basorun Islamic High School, which was organised by the Wings Foundation and Agidigbo FM radio.
The Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department has actually opened a probe, Osifeso included.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in a declaration “revealed extensive unhappiness over the terrible incident”.
He offered his “sincere condolences” to locals, state authorities and the “mourning families who have lost their precious kids”.
He advised the “Oyo State federal government to take every necessary measure to prevent such a disaster from reoccurring”, the declaration by the presidency included.
“Among the necessary actions are an extensive review of all public occasions' precaution, stringent enforcement of safety policies, and routine security audits of occasion locations,” Tinubu added.
- 'Rest in peace' -
Nigeria has seen numerous fatal stampedes in current months.
In March, two trainees died and 23 were hurt after being squashed as thousands collected totally free bags of rice handed out by local authorities at Nasarawa State University, in central Nigeria.
Later that month, another stampede eliminated four ladies who had been waiting outside the workplace of a wealthy businessman in the northern city of Bauchi to collect 5,000 naira ($3.40) cash gifts to help pay for food throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Witnesses stated members of the crowd pushed to acquire the cash, triggering a stampede, as Nigeria came to grips with its worst financial crisis in a generation.
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde had actually shared his condolences for the Ibadan victims on X on Wednesday.
“Our hearts stay with the households and enjoyed ones impacted by this catastrophe. May the souls of the departed rest in peace,” Makinde said.
“We sympathise with the moms and dads whose joy has all of a sudden been turned to grieving due to these deaths,” he added.
