The death toll from the Zakkat collection stampede during the Ramadan gifts distributed by a philanthropist, AYM Shafa, has increased to 15 persons including women and children.
The Secretary of the Dungulbe main cemetery in Bauchi, Yahaya Mohammed, told Daily Trust that the death toll had increased to 15 persons.
“Today (Monday), they brought one of the corpses, a woman apart from 14 corpses of (Sunday). The woman they brought today was from the Jahun area of Bauchi metropolis.
“We have buried a total of 15 people from the stampede victims, including 12 adults and three children,” Mohammed said.
Mohammed gave the names of the victims as Alti Abdullahi Digan Yaya, 55 years; Maryam Suleiman, 12 years; Nana Khadija Suleiman, 7-years; Aisha Ibrahim Kobi, 43 years; 16-year-old Maryam Shuaibu; Aishatu Usman, 13; Haiwau Musa, Sabon Kaura, 50; and Aishatu Saidu Khandahar, 55.
Others are Amina Abdullahi, 40 years; Umaimah Yahaya, 13; Sahura Abubakar, 48; Zainab Ahmad, 12; 3-year-old Isa Aliyu Zango and 5-year-old Khadija Yahaya.
Daily Trust had reported the death of 10 persons from family sources during the Zakkat collection stampede on Sunday at the headquarters of AYM Shafa office but the police insisted that only four people died as of Sunday.
However, Bauchi State Police Command, which confirmed four deaths, said three more injured women had died, bringing the number to seven.
“Seven people have now died following the stampede,” the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakili, said while giving an update on Monday in Bauchi.
“Medical doctor at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) has confirmed that three more women died at the hospital among those brought for treatment. As at the time we gave our report, there were four, but presently we have seven with their names and addresses,” he added.
Wakil gave the victims’ names as Aisha Usman, 13 years; Sahura Abubakar, 55; Aisha Ibrahim Abubakar, 43; Kobi Street Bauchi; Khadija Isah, 8; and Karofi Bauchi.
Others were Maryam Suleiman, 20 years of Kandahar Bauchi; Maryam Shuaibu, 16of Gwangwangwan Bauchi; and 53-year-old Hassana Saidu of Dutsen Tanshi Bauchi.
Wakil added, “These are the number of victims confirmed dead by medical doctors. More details will be made available to the public as the command receives them.”
