Port Harcourt: At least 11 people were died and 29 others injured in a stampede at an election rally in the southern city of Nigeria. The rally, held in a crowded sports stadium, was part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s election campaign ahead of a poll due in April.
President Jonathan has ordered an investigation and said the incident was “sad, unfortunate and regrettable,” adding: “I mourn with those who mourn.”
The crowd panicked after a policeman fired in the air to try to disperse crowds at the gates as people left the rally, according to witnesses.
“There was a huge crowd, the place was completely full,” Ken Saro-Wiwa, President Jonathan’s special assistant on international affairs, told Reuters news agency.
“It is a sad end to what had been a great day,” said Mr Saro-Wiwa.
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