Tragedy Strikes As Stampede at the Nigerian Immigration Service Recruitment Test Centres Claims More than 10 Lives

 It is with a lot of sadness that we report the news of the lives lost yesterday around Nigeria. 

The deaths arose from the stampede ensuing at the different test centres for the National Immigration Service recruitment for 2014.

With over 56,000 applicants present before 7 AM and NO provision made for crowd control, the ensuing stampede ended with more than 10 persons dead and many more injured.

According to Channels TV: “ Unconfirmed reports say that 7 persons may have died and several others injured following a stampede at the National Stadium, Abuja. “