By Correspondent in Portharcourt.
Thirty one persons died in Saturday stampede that happened at the venue of outreach programme organised by one of the new generation churches in Port Harcourt,River state capital.
The acting Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) for the Police Command in the state, SP Grace Iringe-Koko,confirmed the number.
She said:”It is 31 persons that died. It was a stampede because a church was trying to give out palliative.”
The acting police image maker further explained that the people were about to start the event at about 9a.m when some persons went there, broke into the place and went inside.
She said that investigation had commenced to ascertain the remote and immediate causes of the incident.
Our Correspondent gathered that the, in its bid touch lives,organized the outreach to extend palliatives to the underprivileged when the tragedy happened.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
