At least 31 die in church stampede in southern Nigeria

By Tife Owolabi

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – No less than 31 folks died in Nigeria on Saturday throughout a stampede at a church within the southern Rivers state, a police spokesperson stated.

A whole bunch of people that had turned as much as obtain meals on the church early on Saturday broke by a gate, inflicting the stampede, Grace Iringe-Koko, police spokesperson for Rivers state stated.

“Individuals have been there earlier and a few received impatient and began dashing, which led to stampeding. The police are on the bottom monitoring the state of affairs whereas the investigation is on going,” stated Iringe-Koko.

(Writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Enhancing by Kirsten Donovan)