Idayat Abubakar, who witnessed the children’s funfair stampede, which happened at the Islamic High School in Bashorun, Ibadan, Oyo state, has recounted how the tragic incident claimed many lives.
Abubakar, in an interview with TheCable, revealed that over 2,000 people travelled from Ogbomosho, Iseyin, and Osun state to the event venue on Tuesday and camped inside the school, enduring the crisp cold of the night.
According to her, the CEO of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hazmat, had told the attendees that ticket sharing would begin at 6 am. However, Hamzat did not arrive at the venue until a few minutes before 8 am on D-day, and with his arrival came chaos.
Abubakar stated that there was no security or police at the event, which made it impossible to control the attendees. Hamzat was said to have tried to manage the crowd from the gate’s entrance but was overwhelmed.
