A kid was feared dead while another suffered leg fracture
following a stampede at the Samson Siasia Stadium venue of the distribution of
economic empowerment items and commodities to indigenes of Bayelsa State by the
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan.Patience Jonathan.According to eyewitnesses,
the kids were trampled on in a stampede caused by armed security men including
men of the Joint Task Force code named Operation Pulo Shield.The stampede, it
was learnt, occurred at about 6.30pm Thursday at the jam-packed stadium in the
aftermath of shooting of tear gas to wage the surging crowd of women and youths
waiting to collect the commodities slated for distribution.The programme was
organized by the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
MDGs in collaboration with the Bayelsa State Government through the MDGs
conditional grant scheme and office of the First Lady.
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