Sequel to a struggle for Sallah handouts given out by Bukola Saraki,, some members of the \u00a0Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, died on Wednesday night<\/p>\n
Several others were injured in the incident which occurred at\u00a0 a venue popularly called PDP Charity House, which is near Mr. Saraki\u2019s Ilorin residence.<\/p>\n
Tragedy struck as indigent party members tried to outsmart one another as Mr. Saraki and other philanthropists distributed the yearly sallah gifts.<\/p>\n
The dead and the injured were packed into ambulances and rushed to nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n
In a statement , the Publicity Secretary of Kwara PDP, Mas\u2019ud Adebimpe, confirmed the incident and commiserated with the families of the victims.<\/p>\n
He, however, confirmed the death of only four PDP members\u00a0, with many others injured.<\/p>\n
Mr. Adebimpe said, \u201cThe Peoples Democratic Party Kwara State chapter held its annual Sallah celebration at PDP Charity House where many party faithful were in attendance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe event which is an annual activity of the party went on smoothly until the unfortunate incident of a stampede, which led to some people fainting. They were immediately rushed to a hospital few blocks away from the venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile some are currently responding positively to treatment, we however regret to announce that we lost\u00a0 four of our party members to the unfortunate development.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur prayers\u00a0 go out to the families of the deceased and we pray for the quick recovery of those that are responding fast to treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The yearly sallah gifts distribution by the Sarakis and the party have of late led to multiple deaths.<\/p>\n
On May 27, 2011, several people died at the Mandate House, Ilorin, as they scrambled for rice and other items.<\/p>\n
At least 11 others died in a similar fashion in November 2010, but only four deaths were also confirmed by the Kwara government at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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