UNN: Four Dead After Nsukka House Party, Victims Yet to Be Identified

Four people have reportedly died following a house party in the Hilltop area of Nsukka, Enugu State, with student leaders clarifying that none of the deceased persons they examined was identified as a Pharmacy student.

The incident occurred at End in Praise Lodge, an off-campus residential facility within the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) community.

The president of the university’s Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students, Onah Olisaemeka, and its secretary, Obasi Chibuike, reportedly confirmed the four deaths in a statement following enquiries into the incident.

According to the statement, the student leaders visited Faith Foundation Hospital, where the bodies had been deposited, to establish whether the deceased were members of their department.

The association president reportedly said he personally viewed the four bodies but could not recognise any of the deceased as a Pharmacy student.

Further enquiries by the student leaders reportedly indicated that two of the deceased were familiar personalities within the university community, known for creating street-vlogging and dance-related content on social media.

The association urged members of the university community to avoid spreading unverified information while efforts to establish the identities of the deceased continued.

The incident has generated conflicting accounts about the number of victims and their academic affiliations.

Initial reports on Thursday had claimed that seven newly graduated Pharmacy students died during a sign-out celebration in the Hilltop area.

However, subsequent information attributed to the student association leaders put the number of deceased persons at four and challenged the claim that they were Pharmacy students.

The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.

A WhatsApp message circulating after the incident reportedly attributed the deaths to a mixture of alcohol and hard drugs allegedly consumed during the gathering. However, the claim has not been independently established and should not be treated as the confirmed cause of death.

UNN’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Inya Agha Egwu, had earlier informed journalists that the university management would issue an official statement concerning the incident.

As of the latest information examined for this report, an official account from the university management and a detailed police statement establishing the circumstances of the deaths had not been verified.

The identities of the deceased and the cause of the incident therefore remain outstanding questions.