“Over 2000 Mothers Threw Kids Over The Fence As At 5:45am for a programme slated for 10 am… A woman said she threw her son over the fence thinking that someone would catch him but the child hit his head on the ground and died on the spot.” Read-for-yourself details of Ibadan Christmas gift tragedy given by a man whose radio station was used to promote the event
‘A day before the funfair, I went to inspect the venue to ensure that all the necessary things were in place. Prophetess Naomi was there and she said the place was more spacious than the place they wanted to use. I asked about the security arrangement and she said the security will be there by 8am. I told her and the team that Ibadan is different from the other places they have been using so I promised to give her 200 boys that will be giving out tickets to the children. She didn’t plan to use tickets initially. I arranged how 5500 tickets would be printed.
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The following day, I got to the venue at about 5:45am. I saw a lot of crowd. All roads were blocked. Mothers have started throwing their kids over the fence. The program was scheduled to start at 10am and security men were expected at 8am. I started begging that everybody should go back home. They refused to listen to me.
Over 2000 mothers threw their kids over the fence as at 5:45am. I was told they have been throwing their kids since 4am. Even though we were expecting 5000 kids, Naomi rented 7000 chairs because I told her to make provision for mothers that would bring their kids. Stampede started happening at 7am.
A woman said she threw her son over the fence thinking that someone would catch him but the child h!t his head on the ground and d!ed on the spot. One woman gathered her neighbor’s kids and brought 19 children to the venue. HOW WAS IT NAOMI’S FAULT that parents were throwing their kids?’
𝐀𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐳𝐚𝐭 speaks in Yoruba on Agidigbo FM in a audio file that has now gone viral. Police confirmed that the death toll in the Christmas gift funfair has surpassed 40.
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