Three dead in Ebonyi Varsity as authority forces GST exams inside one hall

Three persons have died in Ebonyi State university as the school authority forced students from 10 faculties to write GST examination in a single hall.

Witnesses, who are students that sat for the exam, gave same accounts of how they were packed inside a hall that has no ventilation.

They, however, said as a result of huge overcrowding, eight students fainted while three were confirmed dead.

Although MAWA Foundation, cound not immediately speak with the school management, a lecturer who does not want his name mentioned, blamed the school authority for the incident.