A college student has died while taking part in a demonstration of how Jesus Christ died on the cross as part of Easter festivities.
An undergraduate at the Clariantian University of Nigeria in Nekede slumped and then fell down during a Passion of the Christ re-enactment, reports the Nigerian newspaper Vanguard.
The incident took place on Good Friday.
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A university source told the paper that initially people thought it was a "joke" and part of the performance.
However, when the person began to bleed after falling, everyone realised it was serious and they was then rushed to hospital, as the Daily Star reports.
The source said: "At the time the incident occurred everybody came together and rushed the deceased to a school hospital and later, when the case became worse, he was taken to a nearly Federal Medical Center, FMC.
"It was from there we heard he could not survive it.
“Initially when it happened we thought it was a joke, and that it was part of the drama, it was when he could not get up that was when we knew it was a serious matter and he was rushed to hospital.”
The Daily Star approached Clariantian University for further information on the incident who confirmed that it had taken place and that more news would follow.
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