According to Premium Times Newspaper, at least seven job seekers died on Saturday at the Abuja National Stadium while scrambling to secure seats for a recruitment test into the Nigerian Immigration Service. The National Hospital, less than a kilometre away from the stadium, received the bodies and confirmed the casualty figure.The stampede ensued after the over 20,000 job seekers scrambled through a poorly organized barricade at the test venue, witnesses said.
The Immigration service spokesperson, Chukwuemeka Obuah, also claimed ignorance of the deaths, saying he was away coordinating a similar test in Abeokuta.
We know that the death toll Nationwide is more than 20. We await more details. Pictures of the stampede
As at this morning Nigerian Immigration agency is yet to issue a statement over the wanton unnecessary death of applicants.
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