INSIDE LIFE: 31 persons confirmed dead in a stampede at Church Outreach program in Rivers

TRAGEDY struck on Saturday morning in a stampede at a Church Outreach program put together by a new generation church in Port Harcourt on Saturday morning.

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The church, the Kings Assembly was said to have invited members of the public to partake in the event and promised that gift items and food would he served.

The church is located in the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, but the event was to hold at the Port Harcourt Polo Club, a bigger facility to accomodate the anticipated crowd.

The acting Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the 31 death, saying the church had organized the outreach to give out palliatives to the underprivileged before the unexpected occured.

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“It is 31 persons that died. It was a stampede because a church was trying to give out palliative.

“They were about to start the event. It was to start by 9am or so. But some persons went there and broke into the place and went inside.

“So people started rushing in and there was a stampeded.

“From the information we have, the church was trying to give gift items and food to assist the underprivileged,.

“Meanwhile, investigation has commenced to ascertain the remote and immediate causes of the incident,” Iringe-Koko a Superintendent of Police stated.

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