The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the death of at least 35 persons with several others injured at the Wednesday children-fair tragedy in Ibadan, the capital city of the state.
In addition, the Police also confirmed the arrest of at least eight person in connection with the stampede at a children’s carnival held at Islamic High School, Basorun, in Ibadan that ended up being fatal.
These revelations were made on Thursday morning by the spokesperson for Oyo State Police Command, Adewale Osifeso while speaking on a popular Radio Show on Fresh 105.9fm in Ibadan.
According to Osifeso during the Radio Show monitored by PMParrot, the identities of those arrested are still being kept in secrecy because investigations are still ongoing adding that the Principal of the school where the disaster occurred is also helping the police in its investigations.
Said the police spokesman, “I will like to use this opportunity to appeal to members of the public and others to be wary of events they attend especially in these festive seasons. All those organizing events especially those that will be attended by large crowd of people should always factor the issue of security.
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