The death toll in a tragic stampede during an almsgiving programme in Bauchi over the weekend has risen to seven.
According to Channels, the spokesman of the Bauchi Police Command Ahmed Wakilin said this on Monday while giving an update about the incident.
Six of the victims were pronounced dead at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital while one died at home.
The incident happened on Sunday at Shafa Holdings Company Plc along Jos Road in the Bauchi metropolis where many residents had gathered to receive N10,000 each as alms for the poor which was generously provided by a philanthropist.
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