Stampede at rice sharing event claims over 20 lives in Okija, Anambra

<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"the-post">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"featured-area">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"featured-area-inner">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"single-featured-image"><img width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"600" class&equals;"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image" alt&equals;"Stampede at rice sharing event claims over 20 lives in Okija&comma; Anambra" data-main-img&equals;"1" decoding&equals;"async" fetchpriority&equals;"high" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;12&sol;itlugjkcvhg-1200x600&period;webp&period;webp"&sol;><img width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"600" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;12&sol;itlugjkcvhg-1200x600&period;webp&period;webp" class&equals;"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image" alt&equals;"Stampede at rice sharing event claims over 20 lives in Okija&comma; Anambra" data-main-img&equals;"1" decoding&equals;"async" fetchpriority&equals;"high"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry clearfix">&NewLine;<p>Tragedy struck the Okija community in Anambra state on Saturday morning as an unconfirmed number of residents lost their lives during a <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;tag&sol;stampede"><strong>stampede<&sol;strong><&sol;a> at a rice distribution event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The victims were predominantly women&comma; with multiple social media videos showing lifeless bodies scattered on the ground in the aftermath of the incident&period; Some survivors have reportedly been rushed to nearby hospitals for medical attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Charles Aburime&comma; chief press secretary to the Anambra state governor&comma; confirmed the occurrence and stated that the state government is closely monitoring the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The heartbreaking incident comes just days after a similar tragedy in Ibadan&comma; Oyo state&comma; <strong>where over 35 people&comma; mostly children&comma; died in a stampede<&sol;strong> during a carnival&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This latest event raises concerns about crowd management and safety at public gatherings&comma; especially during events involving the distribution of essential items amid the country’s <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;hardship"><strong>economic hardship<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Watch the video below …<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width&equals;"560">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" lang&equals;"en">The scenes from Okija is not looking good at all&comma; over 20 people died while trying to a bag of Rice&&num;x1f62d&semi; <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;YPPXsn9DkL">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;YPPXsn9DkL<&sol;a> <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;dLHQISWjbn">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;dLHQISWjbn<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Chudé &lpar;&commat;chude&lowbar;&lowbar;&rpar; <a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;chude&lowbar;&lowbar;&sol;status&sol;1870418052103151715&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 21&comma; 2024<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gistreel&period;com&sol;stampede-at-rice-sharing-event-claims-over-20-lives-in-okija-anambra&sol;" previewlistener&equals;"true">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;