Death Toll Increases As Immigration Exercise Ends..........23 People Dead Including Pregnant Woman.

Reports just in : National Hospital Abuja has confirmed that out of the 67,000 applicants in Abuja, seven persons have been confirmed dead including a pregnant woman. The applicants paid N1000 each to be invited for the examination.

 10 people dead in Abuja, 4 in Port Harcourt, 6 Kano, 7 in Lagos , 3 Imo, 3 in Minna, 3 in Benin. Only 5,000 spaces available but over 70,000 showed up for the exercise. According to BBC News journalist he counted seven corpses at the Abuja Stadium. I also heard a woman gave birth at the Abuja stadium.

Some candidates were seen scaling the perimeter fence to get into the Abuja stadium to join their mates at the exercise. Our thoughts and prayers are with families affected.