A yet-to-be-determined variety of youngsters have reportedly misplaced their lives in a stampede that occurred throughout a youngsters’s carnival in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday.
Nonetheless, our correspondent gathered that about 30 youngsters misplaced their lives, with many others injured through the incident.
In a press release launched on Wednesday, the state’s Commissioner for Data and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, confirmed that the stampede occurred at a personal youngsters’s funfair at Basorun Islamic Excessive School.
Oyelade acknowledged that the federal government swiftly mobilised a fast response staff following the incident.
The commissioner famous that victims had been swiftly transported to numerous hospitals throughout the Ibadan metropolis for medical consideration.
Whereas appreciating the Commissioner for Well being, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, for instantly activating all out there response groups to help on the scene, Oyelade mentioned, “The state authorities will do all it could possibly to assist the victims of this tragic incident throughout this troublesome interval.
“The federal government was not concerned in any planning, nor was the Ministry of Well being requested to supply logistics for the personal youngsters’s end-of-year funfair.”
Oyelade, nevertheless, emphasised the significance of correct coordination when organising occasions of such magnitude, notably these involving youngsters and the aged.
The commissioner indicated that they have been awaiting an in depth report from the Commissioner of Police to make clear the whole variety of victims concerned on this unlucky incident.
“Mother and father who’re involved in regards to the whereabouts of their youngsters are urged to examine the next medical amenities in Ibadan, the place affected youngsters have been taken for correct medical care, with legitimate technique of identification:
Patnas Hospital, Basorun; Western Hospital, Basorun; Ringroad State Hospital; Molly Specialist Hospital; and the College School Hospital, Ibadan,” he added.
He prolonged the federal government’s deepest sympathies to the households affected by this tragedy, urging the general public to stay calm as related data is gathered and crucial assist organized for the victims.
