At least three people have died and several others wounded in a stampede at the Niger State Government House in Minna.
The injured people are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday night when youths reportedly linked to a planned protest over the recent deaths of 37 artisanal miners were said to have been invited to the Government House to shelve their protest.
Those who died were an internally displaced woman, Dije, and her daughter, Hurairat, from Allawa community in Shiroro Local Government Area.
Bandit skilled Hurairat’s husband, Abubakar, a butcher, in 2023 along the Allawa-Pandogari Road.
After the attack, they deserted the Allawa community, and Hurairat had been living in Minna as an IDP.
Dije, who was staying with her husband as an IDP in Gurmana, had visited her daughter, Hurairat, when they both heard that the governor was going to share money at the Government House. They subsequently went there.
One of the IDPs, Malam Musa Allawa, told Daily Trust that Dije and Hurairat would both be buried at 10am on Wednesday.
Some appointees of the governor, had announced on social media before the stampede that the youths had gathered at the Government House to show solidarity with Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago.
One of the appointees told Daily Trust that other people, including women, later trooped to the Government House after hearing that Bago would share N10,000 to those gathered.
Spokesperson to the Governor, Bologi Ibrahim, said a statement would be released in due course.
Also, the Spokesperson for the Niger Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, promised to verify the information and revert.
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