Nasarawa State University Keffi
By Our Reporter
This is the sad story of how threr students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, died in a stampede while struggling for rice meant to be distributed as palliative by the state government.
Several other students sustained injuries during the stampede.
The students were said to have allegedly broken into the warehouse where the food items were kept to be distributed Friday morning,
The students were said to have overpowered the security attached to the institution at about 5 a.m., and forcefully broke into the warehouse scrambling for palliative.
Sources informed NATIONAL WAVES that some students expected to benefit from the Nasarawa state government palliative were issued I.D cards to admit them into the venue where the distribution was to take place.
It was also gathered that as early as 5 a.m., students had already taken over the arena, overpowered the security, and broke into the warehouse, resulting in the stampede.
