IBADAN FUNFAIR TRAGEDY: OONI'S EX-WIFE, OTHERS IN POLICE NET AS DEATH TOLL HITS 35.(PHOTO).

 𝐈𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲: 𝐎𝐨𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐞𝐱-𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝟑𝟓

The Oyo State Police Command has disclosed the arrest of the ex-queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; the Principal of Islamic High School, Ibadan, Fasasi Abdulahi; and six others in connection to the death of some children during a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday.

The ex-queen was named as the main sponsor of the event.

Meanwhile, Oyo State Police Command have detained the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi.

Fasasi was invited by the police on Wednesday and has been detained since then.

More so, the number of children who have died from the stampede has risen to 35 while six others are critically injured, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso.

The event, which was held at the Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan, was made available to 5,000 children but the number that turned up was reportedly over 7, 500, according to investigations by newsmen.