PORT HARCOURT – Four persons died during a stampede at the presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The spokesman for the Rivers Police, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed this to Channels Television on Tuesday.
According to him, four others who sustained injuries were receiving treatment at a hospital.
The incident was said to have occurred while people were trying to exit the Adoki Amasiemeka Stadium after the rally which took place on Tuesday.
•Sourced from a Channels TV report
•Photo: A crowd of supporters at the Presidential campaign rally of the APC on Tuesday. Source: Bayo Omoboriowo