Uke stampede: CD urges CAN to undertake investigation

The Campaign for Democracy (CD) has urged the South-East Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to constitute a panel of inquiry into the circumstances that lead to the Uke tragedy.

In a statement signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the CD, Mr. Uzor Uzor and Dr Jerry Chukwuokolo, respectively in Onitsha on Wednesday, they called on the zonal Chairman of CAN, Bishop Emmanuel Chukwumah, to constitute a seven-man panel to investigate the tragedy.

The statement noted that the state government sponsoring a panel of inquiry into the matter would bias the outcome of the incident.

“For equity and to check any possible manipulation, Anambra Government should hands-off the panel of inquiry and investigation into the Uke Adoration Ground tragedy on Saturday.

“A tragedy that led to the loss of more than 28 lives in a holy and safe place, which included a six-month-old pregnant woman should not be swept under the carpet.”

The statement warned politicians to steer clear of prayer grounds when doing their political campaigns in the interest of God and humanity.

The CD enjoined the state government to ensure free treatment of all the injured survivors of the tragedy.

“Anambra Government should, as a matter of necessity, pay a minimum of N20 million as compensation to the families of each of the dead victims of the tragedy.

“The state should erect a monument at the entrance of the Uke Adoration Ground and construct two roads to the adoration ground,” it said.

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that in the early hours of Saturday, Nov. 2, there was a stampede at the Holy Ghost Adoration Centre, Uke, in Idemili South Local Government Area, in which 28 persons reportedly lost their lives with no fewer than 50 persons sustaining various degrees of injuries.

 

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