Stampede In Kwara As Former Gov. Bukola Saraki Shares Sallah Gifts

Several members of the Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a dozen residents, allegedly died on Wednesday night as they scrambled for sallah gifts distributed by former Governor of the state, Bukola Saraki at the PDP Charity House, which is near Mr. Saraki’s Ilorin residence. Several others were also injured.

Tragedy struck as indigent party members tried to outsmart one another as Mr. Saraki and other philanthropists distributed the yearly sallah gifts.

The dead and the injured have since been packed into ambulances and rushed to nearby hospitals.

“The event which is an annual activity of the party went on smoothly until the unfortunate incident of a stampede, which led to some people fainting.

They were immediately rushed to a hospital few blocks away from the venue. While some are currently responding positively to treatment, we however regret to announce that we lost  four of our party members to the unfortunate development." the Publicity Secretary of Kwara PDP, Mas’ud Adebimpe, confirmed in a statement.

On May 27, 2011, several people died at the Mandate House, Ilorin, as they scrambled for rice and other items.