'When it happened we thought it was a joke and part of the drama', a witness said
Ambrose was training to be a priest. He slumped and began bleeding during play
The cause of Sule's sudden death remains entirely unknown, the seminary said
A university student died while acting in a recreation of Jesus's crucifixion - and onlookers thought it was part of the act.
Sule Ambrose, 25, was training to be a priest at the Clariantian University seminary in Nekede, south eastern Nigeria.
Ambrose took the part of Simon Peter, Jesus's most important Disciple, dressing up in a long white toga for the Good Friday reenactment.
But he slumped on the ground during the performance and be