UNN declares three-day mourning for four students dead after house party

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Suspends academic, social activities as six others remain hospitalised The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has declared ...

…Suspends academic, social activities as six others remain hospitalised

The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has declared a three-day mourning following the death of four students who reportedly died after attending an off-campus house party in Nsukka.

The tragic incident, which occurred on November 11, 2026, involved 10 students of the university who had reportedly organised a party to celebrate one of their friends who had completed his final-year examinations.

Simon Ortuanya, vice-chancellor, while addressing journalists on the incident, disclosed that four of the students died after allegedly consuming substances suspected to be alcohol and illicit drugs, while the remaining six were receiving medical attention at various hospitals.

Describing the incident as “a death too many”, Ortuanya announced a three-day mourning period in honour of the deceased students, during which all academic and social activities in the university would be suspended.

The Vice-Chancellor also announced the suspension of a town hall meeting earlier scheduled to hold between the University community and the Enugu State Governor.

He expressed the university management’s heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families, friends and colleagues of the deceased, assuring them that the entire university community shared in their grief.

“The management, staff and students of the University of Nigeria share in their grief at this difficult moment and pray for the repose of the souls of the departed,” he said.

Ortuanya further clarified that the students involved in the incident were drawn from different departments of the university, dismissing reports suggesting that all of them were students of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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