By Kingston Magare 30.9.2026
A stampede at the Niger State government house Minna has left three persons dead and many others injured.
The incident occurred Tuesday night as hundreds of youths who were planning to protest the death of 37 miners gathered at the government house to collect a N10,000 dole out by the government to pacify them.
Among those confirmed dead were a woman identified as Dije and her daughter, both who are internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Allawa community in Shiroro Local Government Area.
Meanwhile former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lamented the poor crowd control and the desperation by Nigerians to survive harsh economic reality.
“Three Nigerians reportedly went to a Government House and did not return home. I mourn them with their families. I pray for those who were injured and call for their immediate care,” Atiku said in a statement signed by his media aide Phrank Shaibu.
“That people would rush towards the possibility of ₦10,000 tells us something painful about the pressure on Nigerian households. But desperation must never be met with a distribution arrangement that puts lives at risk. Help offered in the name of government must be organised with dignity and with the safety of the people as its first concern.
“A nation cannot call itself prosperous while its citizens risk their lives for ₦10,000. We must make life affordable again and treat every Nigerian life as precious.”
Hundreds of youths gather at Niger government house to collect N10,000.