Hundreds of people who had turned up to receive food at the church this morning broke through a gate, which caused the stampede
Godwin Tepikor, from Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, said first responders were able to recover the bodies of those trampled to death and bring them to the morgue.Doctors and emergency workers treated some of the injured as they lay in the open field.One witness who only identified himself as Daniel said"there were so many children" among the dead.
He added that five of the dead children were from one mother and that a pregnant woman also lost her life.Some church members were attacked and injured by relatives of the victims after the stampede, according to witness Christopher Eze.The police spokeswoman said the seven injured were"responding to treatment".Stampedes are common in Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, where more than 80 million people live in poverty, according to government statistics.
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