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Two Separate Food Stampedes in Nigeria Claim at Least 32 Lives, Police Say

© Getty Images / Majority WorldSupporters of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All progressive congress (APC), which is Nigeria's ruling party, attends an election campaign ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections in Jos, Plateau state. Nigeria.
Supporters of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All progressive congress (APC), which is Nigeria's ruling party, attends an election campaign ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections in Jos, Plateau state. Nigeria.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.12.2024
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These tragedies follow a similar stampede at a school funfair in Ibadan earlier in the week, which resulted in the deaths of 35 children and injuries to six others. Eight individuals involved in organizing the Ibadan event have been arrested.
The death toll from two separate stampedes at food distribution centers in Nigeria has risen to 32, Nigerian police said Sunday, amid the West African country's worsening economic crisis.
Twenty-two people died in a stampede outside a rice distribution center in Okija, southern Nigeria, on Saturday, while at least ten others perished in a separate incident outside a church in Abuja offering food to the vulnerable and elderly.
A devastating crowd crush at a school fair in Idaban, Oyo state, Nigeria, has claimed the lives of at least 35 children. The fair, organized by a local radio station and the WINGs Foundation, was anticipated to draw up to 5,000 young people. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 21.12.2024
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The Anambra state police confirmed the Okija death toll and stated that investigations were ongoing.
In Abuja, four children were among the victims at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, with eight others injured.
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