A seminaria has died while performing the Easter Passion Play at Claratian Institute of Philosophy, of the Claratian University of Nigeria (CUN) Nekede, in Owerri on Friday.
Easter Passion Play is a representation of the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
The deceased was identified as Suel Ambrose, a 25-year-old first year student of Philosophy.
Some of the students, who spoke to newsmen at the school, said that the the deceased who hailed from Benue State was playing the role of the St Peter when he suddenly slumped.
One of the students who simply identified himself as Mavis said the 25-year-old first-year student of Philosophy died on the spot.
The student said, “He was playing the role of the biblical Peter in the dream and that process when Peter cut the ear of one of the soldiers and Jesus fixed the ear and ask Peter to let them do their wish. You know how passionate the play is.
“So when the soldiers chase the disciples to drive them away from Jesus, the young man fell on the floor and started bleeding. We took him to our school hospital and the doctors did their best but he was not responding to treatment. We took him to the Federal Medical Center in Owerri where he was pronounced dead.”
“The drama was in commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in respect to the Easter celebration. He was born in 1997. He is a year one student and had the dream of becoming a priest in the Catholic church.”
The incident led to the suspension of all activities relating to Easter celebration in the school.
The priest in charge of Students formation in the university, Fr Chukwuemeka Iheme, who confirmed the incident said that he could “only speak further when authorised to do so.”
