Abuja, December 22
A stampede broke out during two Christmas events in Nigeria, in which the death toll has increased to 32. The police said that suddenly a huge crowd gathered to take food material and during this many people fell on each other due to which many people died. According to the police, the first incident took place in the town of Okija in the south-eastern Alhambra state and the second incident took place in a church in the capital, Abuja. Local police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga said the dead included 22 people in Okija town in southeastern Anambra state. Apart from this, 10 others died during a charity event at a church in the capital, Abuja.
The police said that they are investigating two incidents. A number of charity events are taking place in the run-up to Christmas in Africa’s most populous country. Eyewitnesses in Abuja told the agency that a large number of people gathered at one of the gates of the church and tried to enter the building to take the goods, after which a stampede broke out. Among them are some elderly people who had been waiting all night to get food. Ap
