35 children killed in stampede at Nigerian school
Updated: Dec 20th, 2024
A stampede at a school fair in Nigeria left 35 children dead and six critically injured, according to reports.
The tragic event unfolded at the Basorun Islamic High School in the Nigerian city of Ibadan, when an event was organised by a non-profit organisation and a radio station.
As per reports, eight people have been detained in relation to the incident that occurred on Wednesday.
In March 2023, at least 31 people died in a stampede at the venue of a church programme in Nigeria’s southern city of Port Harcourt in Rivers state, police said.
Grace Iringe-Koko, police spokesperson in the state, had confirmed the casualties and said that local church had organised the outreach to give out palliatives to the underprivileged, reported a news agency.
The event was scheduled to start in the morning, but some people went there earlier and broke into the place, resulting in the stampede, said the spokesperson.
Nigeria has witnessed similar stampedes in the recent past.
Twenty-four people died at an overcrowded church gathering in the south-eastern state of Anambra in 2013, while at least 16 people were killed in 2014 when a crowd got out of control during a screening for government jobs in the nation's capital, Abuja.
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