Workers offload sacks of onions from a truck in a vegetable market in the commercial capital Lagos, Nigeria. April 17, 2020.
"Five dead bodies, four women and a little girl, were brought to the hospital along with seven injured," a medical source said at the hospital. However Umar Kachalla, who heads a local anti-militant militia force, said: "There was a crush which led to the death of 12 women and children and left seven with severe injuries."Thousands of women had gathered at a primary school for handouts of 5,000 nairas and clothing supplied by Borno state governor Babagana Umara Zulum.
Gamboru, a border trading hub, has been repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram insurgents since August 2014 when the jihadists seized the town along with nearby Ngala.
This is pretty pathetic.The fact that there was stampede means social distancing protocol was ignored. And this also means that people carrying the virus could have probably infected others.