28 killed, 200 wounded in Nigerian church stampede

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2045984919115826046" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 616px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz61D1cOVCDVl7_t8ZcIFCTVfVD_h4Rdpri7yJrTBmylDnzboWYeM4W5fZMQsubQtqZE_DGoC-i9Q9zMdRMYoJ4lquSeBYQBbshrvwNfufO2iO3T8tCcxklBWphubVaj4ziDj-6WjHGxTl/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #b41e20; cursor: url(http://webfactory.ng/cursor/bottle2.png), auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz61D1cOVCDVl7_t8ZcIFCTVfVD_h4Rdpri7yJrTBmylDnzboWYeM4W5fZMQsubQtqZE_DGoC-i9Q9zMdRMYoJ4lquSeBYQBbshrvwNfufO2iO3T8tCcxklBWphubVaj4ziDj-6WjHGxTl/s640/9.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(158, 9, 11); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div>About 28 people lost their lives today Nov 2nd during a stampede at the Holy Ghost Adoration Ground, Uke, Idemili North LGA of Anambra State Nigeria (The Adoration ground after the stampede above<br /><br /><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/28-killed-200-wounded-in-anambra-church-stampede/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" style="color: #b41e20; cursor: url(http://webfactory.ng/cursor/bottle2.png), auto; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Punch</a> reports<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">More than 100,000 people were said to be gathered at the venue of the incident, with facilities that can hardly take 5,000 people, when the stampede occurred. The tragic incident has already become political, as the camps of Governor Peter Obi and Senator Chris Ngige are trading blame over the incident.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">About 200 victims that survived the stampede were taken hospitals in Onitsha and Nkpor where a lot of them were treated and discharged.</blockquote>*Viewer discretion advised*. Graphic pics after the cut...<br /><br /><a href="" name="more" style="cursor: url(http://webfactory.ng/cursor/bottle2.png), auto;"></a><a name="more"></a><br /><br />The incident occurred shortly after Governor Peter Obi, the governorship candidate for the All progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Willie Obiano; and the National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, among others left the place after an all-night church programme.<br /><br />Obi, who later on visited hospitals, where the survivors of the stampede were being attended to, promised to set up a panel to investigate the cause of the stampede.<br />The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka , confirmed the incident but said he could not give figures or state the cause of the incident because investigations were still going on to establish the cause of the incident.<br /><br />The Founder and Spiritual Director of the Holy Ghost Adoration Centre, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obinma, a Catholic priest popularly called Ebube Mmuonso (the glory of the Holy Ghost), also went round to see and pray for the survivors.<br /><br />He, however, said he was still too shocked to comment on the incident.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrTlgGiMSYrXN4dxGscIW0F_vtNEi-iDraolBYIJLVHEYIoIZvK4Zua1QtzKH_qCK6xukTbrm77KBczs3Y9NgcGS9EaytxJiAI4AtYUxMLh37QE6q1Y1Kk4OWqWmeFCDQlImiMrqow1qN/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #b41e20; cursor: url(http://webfactory.ng/cursor/bottle2.png), auto; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrTlgGiMSYrXN4dxGscIW0F_vtNEi-iDraolBYIJLVHEYIoIZvK4Zua1QtzKH_qCK6xukTbrm77KBczs3Y9NgcGS9EaytxJiAI4AtYUxMLh37QE6q1Y1Kk4OWqWmeFCDQlImiMrqow1qN/s640/8.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(158, 9, 11); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGkye09KBE84BnI4lDS-N_x7NoQDMUKjW7aqK6MpAWF7HX8k_uS4mEnfsvnt9VRJFw11YEf_JKjncjiqYKJP-1M6K2MvuM5VsNLMf4bjSmWhUPIEPACCfa3G9BEQwyC81b_yDEzkt_yy5/s1600/1012716_10151834855643409_535467875_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #b41e20; cursor: url(http://webfactory.ng/cursor/bottle2.png), auto; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGkye09KBE84BnI4lDS-N_x7NoQDMUKjW7aqK6MpAWF7HX8k_uS4mEnfsvnt9VRJFw11YEf_JKjncjiqYKJP-1M6K2MvuM5VsNLMf4bjSmWhUPIEPACCfa3G9BEQwyC81b_yDEzkt_yy5/s640/1012716_10151834855643409_535467875_n.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(158, 9, 11); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEUBh4VgFaWsmixWDTiBALwkqD0SOuH36wPQcwu_bj4E-DPAwmVjp2_MMJQ1yrTNvPjfLEDVFM6wiCescJx2XDgE5uP1eQKXVm9xuE7mbdwpM6XNmlJzss7kuc2tCGqj0jCn_aOJhqp17/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #b41e20; cursor: url(http://webfactory.ng/cursor/bottle2.png), auto; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEUBh4VgFaWsmixWDTiBALwkqD0SOuH36wPQcwu_bj4E-DPAwmVjp2_MMJQ1yrTNvPjfLEDVFM6wiCescJx2XDgE5uP1eQKXVm9xuE7mbdwpM6XNmlJzss7kuc2tCGqj0jCn_aOJhqp17/s640/5.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(158, 9, 11); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; text-align: start;"></div></div>

28 killed, 200 wounded in Nigerian church stampede

About 28 people lost their lives today Nov 2nd during a stampede at the Holy Ghost Adoration Ground, Uke, Idemili North LGA of Anambra State...

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