About six students were injured in a stampede on Monday at the Lagos State University (LASU).
The incident occurred during a GNS 102 examination at the new 500-seater ICT centre near the varsity’s Faculty of Management Sciences.
The exam, it was learnt, was the last expected to be taken by the 100-level students for the 2018/2019 session second semester examinations.
According to reports, a student, name withheld, was quoted saying about six persons were injured in the stampede.
LASU spokesman, Adekoya Ademola, confirmed the incident in a statement.
But he did not reveal the casualty figure.
“It is just a small incident blown out of proportion. They are new students, who want to have a feel of the new ICT centre. Instead of some of them to come tomorrow, they all want to take their examination there today,” Mr Ademola said.
“The 100-Level students were scheduled to write the GNS 102 examination on Jan. 6 and Jan. 7 between 8.00a.m and 2.00p.m daily.”
Ademola said that the students were scheduled to write the examination in batches, with each batch spending an hour in the Computer-based Test (CBT) Hall.
“The arrangement would have seen the students writing the examination in six batches on the first day,” he said.
Ademola added that those affected have been treated and discharged from the hospital.
