BY NGOZI OKORIE
THE Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of two yet-to-be-identified people during a stampede that occurred when a Non-Governmental Organisation was distributing Christmas gifts.
Spokesman of the Command, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Mukan, had ordered a full scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the victims.
Many people were also said to have sustained various degrees of injuries and are receiving medical attention.
Omoni said, “I can confirm the incident of this morning, at an event centre, along the Rumuodara axis of the East/West Road, Obio/Akpor LGA, where palliatives were being distributed by INKSNATION, a Non-Governmental Organisation to her registered members from Ikwerre, Emohua and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, when suddenly there was a stampede leading to the death of two people.
“Some sustained various degrees of injuries and are currently receiving medical attention. Meanwhile, the situation is under control.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Mukan, has instituted an immediate probe into the unfortunate incident with a view to ascertaining the circumstances and bringing persons found culpable to justice.”
