Three female students of the Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), have been declared dead following the struggle for palliative at the school convocation square.
AllNews.ng gathered that, the state government had scheduled to distribute bags of rice and N5000 to students of the university to cushion the economic situation in the country.
An eyewitness account, a student from the institution, Gloria Agbo, said the incident occured on Friday during a stampede as students struggled to gain entrance to the venue.
Allnews.ng learnt that many were injured but those who were severely affected were rushed to the hospital.
Agbo disclosed that, the deceased were reportedly 200level students from Mass Communication department NSUK.
She said, "The school authorities had asked students to convene at the convocation square by 8am. But because students wanted to be sited before then some arrived the venue as early as 3am.
"The rush began when those at the venue began calling friends and colleagues that the venue was almost filled. So they started running and some fell down in the process.
"Five persons who were said to be seriously injured and were taken away to the Federal Medical Center(FMC), Keffi, by the school authorities, but three have been declared dead.
"The pictures of the girls were shared in the Student government platform.
At the time of filling this report, the school authorities and state government are yet to make any statement on the incident.
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