UNN Confirms Four Students Dead After Off-Campus Party
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has confirmed the deaths of four students following an off-campus party in the Hilltop area of Nsukka, Enugu State.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Simon Ortuanya disclosed this on Thursday, 12 November 2026, stating that 10 students were involved in the incident which occurred on Wednesday, 11 November.
The party was organised to celebrate a friend who had completed his final-year examinations.
Four of the students died after consuming substances suspected to be alcohol and drugs, while six others are receiving treatment in hospital.
Ortuanya described the incident as “a death too many” and announced a three-day mourning period in honour of the deceased.
He clarified that the students involved were from different departments, contrary to earlier reports that they were all from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The Enugu State Police Command has begun an investigation into the deaths. Police said alcoholic beverages were recovered from the scene and that the remains of the deceased have been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy.
By Oyinkansola Shittu.
