Three people reportedly died and 21 others were injured in a
stampede during a cash disbursement in Bama LGA of Borno state.
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on
the Lake Chad region, said the humanitarian exercise was organised by the
Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) and the United Nations International
Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The publication said the stampede occurred at about 8am on
Thursday at Kasugula Primary School— one of the designated payment centres in
the LGA.
Makama noted that the beneficiaries had gathered to receive
flat-rate cash assistance of N28,500, before the crowd went out of control and
surged toward the school gate, resulting in a stampede.
The publication identified those who sustained varying
degrees of injuries to include Falmata Modu, Tella Tujani, Bulama Yakime, Amina
Mohammed, Mallam Akura, Fatima Bukar, Yagana Ibrahim, Fatima Mohammed, Fatima
Abatcha, Zara Lawan, Inde Modu, and Aisha Abdullahi.
Makama said one of the deceased, identified as 60-year-old
Bukar Labddo of Bukar Tela ward, was pronounced dead on arrival at the
hospital, while the other two died later while undergoing treatment.
The publication said order has been restored to the area
following the deployment of security operatives to the scene, adding that the
bodies of the deceased have been released to their families for burial.
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