At least five women and children die in a stampede in northeastern Nigeria during aid distribution to thousands of displaced people
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.
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