Over 30 people died during the early hours of this morning after a stampede occurred at the Holy ghost adoration ground in Anambra state.
The holy ghost adoration ground,managed by Reverend father Obimma (formerly Mbaka), is situated in Uke town, Anambra state, and its one of the biggest catholic prayer grounds in the east.
Early this morning they were having a prayer session when Governor peter Obi, willie Obiano and the rest of the APGA team stormed the grounds to campaign.They left at about 4 am.
When the service ended and as people were slowly marching to the exit, a mole; supposedly someone positioned at the exit to raise the alarm, started shouting fire fire fire fire from the outside of the arena.
Given the large number of people slowly moving out of the ground, they hurriedly began rushing back into the adoration ground to avoid the fire; a fire which many of them didn't even see.Some fainted while others lost consciousness.
When the stampede subsided, the bodies were gathered and were prayed for. Many of them rose up after the prayers and sprinkling of the holy water while the remaining were taken to Crown Hospital while one was taken to St. Charles Borromeo hospital Onitsha.
Bodies numbering between 10 and 30 were carried away from the ground but official statistics and reports is yet to be released from the Adoration ground or from the hospital.
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