Tragedy: Stampede reportedly kills 30 people, injure many others in Anambra (Viewer Discretion)

by Oge Okonkwo

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There are reports that a stamped allegedly caused by members of the  All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) party who were campaigning in the early hours of November 2, 2013  at the Holy Ghost Adoration Ground, located at  Uke town in Anambra State reportedly leaving at least 30 persons dead and 200 others injured.

The prayer ground is said to be one of the biggest catholic prayer group with their spiritual leader Rev. Father Obimma formerly known as Mbaka managing the adoration ground.

It was gathered that the governor of Anambra state Peter Obi and the APGA’s governorship candidate for the upcoming  November 16 elections in the state, Willie Obiano and members of the party stomped the prayer grounds to campaign but were received by hostile audience who came for prayers and reportedly made the party members rush into the crowd hitting men and women alike violently, causing a stampede.

However, there is another side to the story as an eyewitness Martin Nworah came out to say the story was false.

Here is how he narrated the incident:

The Holy Ghost Adoration Ground which is located at Uke town in Anambra State is one of the biggest Catholic prayer groups in Anambra State officiated and managed by Fr. Obimma (Ebube Muonso). The stampede that has caused several false claims from many quarters is quite alarming and it is as a result of this that I’m giving a detailed account of events that transpired.

Peter Obi,Willie Obiano and the APGA team left the Adoration ground around 3 or 4 am in the morning while the incident happened at the end of the adoration service. After the final blessings and as people will slowly marching to the exit, a mole;supposedly someone positioned at the exit to raise the alarm,started shouting fire fire fire fire from the outside of the arena. Given the large numbers of people slowly moving out of the ground,they hurriedly began rushing back into the adoration ground to avoid the fire;a fire which many of them didn’t even see.

This caused many of them to be wounded and I was lucky nothing happened to people close to me. Some fainted while others lost consciousness. When the stampede subsided,the bodies were gathered and were prayed for. Many of them rose up after the prayers and sprinkling of the holy water while the remaining were taken to Crown Hospital while one was taken to St. Charles Borromeo hospital Onitsha. Many of the unconscious are regaining stability as at now and we thank God that some professed dead are returning to life;this has brought some amount of joy in front of Crown hospital. This is an individual report and has nothing to do with any political party. This is the state of things and how it occurred at Uke. Bodies numbering between 10 and 30 were carried away from the ground but official statistics and reports is yet to be released from the Adoration ground or from the hospital.

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Comments (3)

  1. My daddy in christ pls just take heart and be strong i belive GOD knows the best may the souls of depthsure RIP Amen

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