Some students reportedly collapsed during the Children’s Day at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State, after being affected by pepper spray.
The event on Wednesday, organised to celebrate school children in the state, turned chaotic after some male students allegedly made inappropriate advances towards female students at the venue.
A member of a private security outfit intervened, but the students were said to have regrouped and attacked the bouncer, who then sprayed pepper spray at them, affecting other students in the process.
A parent, who identified himself as Oboh Emmanuel, said the behaviour of the students attracted the attention of security personnel stationed at the stadium.
He said, “The behaviour of those uncultured students attracted the attention of the bouncers stationed at the stadium as they rebuked the male students.”
