Many people are feared dead in an early morning stampede which occurred just before the commencement of a programme organised by a new generation church at the Polo Club in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
It was gathered that the church known as ‘Kings Assembly’ is located in the GRA axis of the metropolis, but moved the programme to the Polo Club to accommodate large crowd.
The crowd reportedly overstretched the venue as the church had invited members of the public to come and receive gift items and food for its fourth anniversary.
According to PUNCH, a source said the crowd which started trooping in at about 6:30am on Saturday morning pushed open a small gate to gain entrance leading to a stampede
Details later…