Nigeria: Police Arrest Priest, Others Over Abuja Stampede

Authorities from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have taken into custody the parish priest and several officials of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Abuja in connection with a tragic stampede that occurred in the Nigerian capital.

The police are investigating this incident and two similar events in Anambra and Oyo states. The stampede in Abuja, which happened during a grocery distribution event for the needy in the church’s car park on Saturday, resulted in the deaths of at…