{"id":115797,"date":"2024-12-20T06:21:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115797"},"modified":"2024-12-20T06:21:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T05:21:32","slug":"oonis-ex-wife-others-in-trouble-over-alleged-sponsorship-of-ibadan-funfair-as-32-children-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/oonis-ex-wife-others-in-trouble-over-alleged-sponsorship-of-ibadan-funfair-as-32-children-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Ooni\u2019s ex-wife, others in trouble over alleged sponsorship of Ibadan funfair as 32 children die"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Ex-Queen of the Ooni of Ife, Prophetess Naomi Shikemi, and an Ibadan-based broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat have been accused of sponsoring the tragic Ibadan funfair that caused the death of several children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that about 32 children were reportedly killed in a stampede that occurred during the event in Ibadan the Oyo State capital.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the Bashorun area of the city, early hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The State Governor, Seyi Makinde had in his reaction, said that the organizers are already in custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile investigations are ongoing, the primary organisers of the event that led to this stampede have been taken into custody\u201c, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Although the governor failed to reveal the identities of the organizers, emerging reports said Prophetess Naomi and Hamzat sponsored the event.<\/p>\n<p>However, reacting to the unfortunate incident, the management of Agidigbo FM, owned by Oriyomi Hamzat, said the radio station was only a media partner to the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmidst the tragedy, the news making the rounds is that Agidigbo FM is the organiser of the children\u2019s funfair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the management wishes to state that Agidigbo FM is not the organiser of the event but one of the media outfits used to promote the event\u201d, management of Agidigbo FM said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the victims were stampeded to death while trying to break through the main gate of Islamic High School, Bashorun, where the event took place.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Queen of the Ooni of Ife, Prophetess Naomi Shikemi, and an Ibadan-based broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat have been accused of sponsoring the tragic Ibadan funfair that caused the death of several&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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