Two Nasarawa university students die, 14 injured in stampede for palliative rice

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Two female students of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK) on Friday morning met their untimely death in a stampede while struggling to force their way to partake in the distribution of palliative rice by Governor Abdullahi Sule.

Two female students of the Nasarawa State University on Friday morning met their untimely death in a stampede while struggling to force their way to partake in the distribution of palliative rice by Governor Abdullahi Sule.

Confirming the incident, Abraham Ekpo, Information and Protocol Officer of the University said he was aware of the incident but had yet to get details on what transpired.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

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