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Earlier on Wednesday, there was confusion on the school premises as one of the students was seen being carried out of a building.
Confirming the development in a statement on Wednesday, the Ekiti ministry of health said about 100 students were affected, but some of them were later discharged after receiving treatment.
The state also disclosed that the incident was the result of a fumigation exercise carried out in the school.
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“Today, we received information that a number of students from the Ekiti State College of Health Technology, Ijero, were hospitalised at State Specialist Hospital Ijero, as a result of an ill-timed fumigation exercise,” the statement reads.