Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- A 24-year-old student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has recounted how he narrowly escaped death during an off-campus party during which four other students died.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that four students were found dead during a house party in a lodge on Wednesday.

The UNN management later confirmed the incident, saying preliminary investigations suggest that they died as a result of alcohol and drug abuse.

The university's Vice-Chancellor, Simon Ortuanya, also announced a three-day mourning period in the institution over the loss of the students.

The police, subsequently, ordered an investigation into the incident.

The survivor, who spoke from a hospital bed on Friday, told Vanguard newspaper...