Four persons, reportedly associated with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), have been found dead following a house party at a private apartment in the Hilltop area of Nsukka, Enugu State, amid allegations that a mixture of hard drugs and alcohol may have caused their deaths.

The incident reportedly occurred at End in Praise Lodge, a student residential area in the university’s host community, after a party held on Tuesday night, November 10, to celebrate the completion of final examinations by final-year pharmacy students.

The victims, comprising two males and two females, were reportedly discovered dead after some party attendees allegedly began collapsing around midnight.

The tragedy has sparked concern within the university community, particularly following reports circulating on social media that the deaths were linked to the consumption of hard drugs and alcohol.

However, the identities of the deceased and the actual circumstances surrounding their deaths have yet to be officially established.

In a statement issued on Thursday, November 12, the President of the UNN chapter of the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students (PANS), Onah Olisaemeka, and its Secretary, Obasi Chibuike, confirmed the incident but dismissed reports that the victims were pharmacy students.

The student leaders disclosed that they personally visited Faith Foundation Hospital, where the bodies of the four deceased persons had been deposited, to establish their identities.

Olisaemeka said he personally viewed the bodies but could not identify any of the victims as a pharmacy student.

Further enquiries by the association reportedly revealed that two of the deceased were familiar personalities within the UNN social media community.

They were identified by their online nicknames as Rymez, known for street vlogging, and Golden, popular for dance-related content.

The association, however, urged members of the university community to avoid spreading unverified information and speculation, noting that efforts to establish the identities of the victims were ongoing.

The association’s Editor-in-Chief, Uzoma Maduakonam, also confirmed that the incident occurred after a house party organised following the final examinations of final-year pharmacy students on Tuesday.

She said some of the attendees were rushed to the hospital after reportedly experiencing medical emergencies, but none of the four victims survived.

Maduakonam reiterated that the association’s president and other students who visited the hospital could not identify the deceased as pharmacy students or their classmates.

Meanwhile, a WhatsApp message purportedly written by a friend or colleague of one of the deceased has gone viral, attributing the tragedy to an alleged combination of hard drugs and alcohol consumed during the party.

The writer claimed that some attendees began collapsing around midnight after consuming what was described as a dangerously strong mixture of substances.

The message further alleged that the bodies were discovered after a neighbour of the apartment’s host reportedly knocked on the door without receiving a response.

According to the account, the neighbour subsequently forced the door open and discovered the bodies inside the apartment.

The message also claimed that another female attendee was hospitalised, with medical tests allegedly indicating a hard-drug overdose.

However, the claims have not been independently verified, and there has been no official confirmation that drug or alcohol consumption caused the deaths.

As of Thursday afternoon, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, had yet to issue an official statement on the incident.

The circumstances surrounding the tragedy, including the identities of all the victims, the substances allegedly consumed and the precise cause of death, remain unclear.