The Police have confirmed the de.ath of 35 children and arrest of eight suspects in connection with Wednesday’s stampede during a children’s funfair at Basorun Islamic High School, Ibadan, Oyo State.
SP Adewale Osifeso, the spokesperson for the Oyo State Police Command in a statement he issued in Ibadan on Thursday.
He said 35 minors had so far been documented dead in the stampede that marred the fun fair.
He added that six others were left critically injured and on various medical interventions.
Osifeso said the case had been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, with the Deputy Commissioner of Police leading the investigation.
