Nigeria: False Alarm Is Cause of Stampede At Adoration Centre--Archbishop

3 November 2013

The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha Diocese, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has attributed the stampede at Holy Ghost Adoration Centre, Uke, Idemili South Local Council Area of Anambra, to "false alarm".

Okeke said at a news conference on Sunday that the stampede was not caused by sabotage and that that the church was not suspecting any sabotage, "it is an unfortunate incident".

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