FULL LIST Of Women, Children Who Died At Bauchi Zakkat Stampede
The death toll resulting from the Zakkat collection stampede during the distribution of Ramadan gifts by philanthropist AYM Shafa has risen to 15, inclusive of women and children.
Yahaya Mohammed, the Secretary of the Dungulbe main cemetery in Bauchi, gave details of the increased death toll, stating, “Today (Monday), they brought one of the corpses, a woman, apart from 14 corpses of (Sunday). The woman they brought today was from the Jahun area of Bauchi metropolis.”
Mohammed disclosed, “We have buried a total of 15 people from the stampede victims, including 12 adults and three children.”
The victims’ names provided by Mohammed are:
- Alti Abdullahi Digan Yaya, 55 years
- Maryam Suleiman, 12 years
- Nana Khadija Suleiman, 7 years
- Aisha Ibrahim Kobi, 43 years
- Maryam Shuaibu, 16 years
- Aishatu Usman, 13 years
- Haiwau Musa, Sabon Kaura, 50 years
- Aishatu Saidu Khandahar, 55 years
- Amina Abdullahi, 40 years
- Umaimah Yahaya, 13 years
- Sahura Abubakar, 48 years
- Zainab Ahmad, 12 years
- Isa Aliyu Zango, 3 years old
- Khadija Yahaya, 5 years old
Additionally, the Bauchi State Police Command confirmed four deaths initially reported, but revealed that three more injured women had died, bringing the total to seven.
SP Ahmed Wakili, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, stated, “Seven people have now died following the stampede,” adding, “Medical doctors at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) have confirmed that three more women died at the hospital among those brought for treatment. As at the time we gave our report, there were four, but presently we have seven with their names and addresses.”
According to Daily Trust, Wakil provided the names of the victims as follows:
- Aisha Usman, 13 years
- Sahura Abubakar, 55 years
- Aisha Ibrahim Abubakar, 43 years
- Khadija Isah, 8 years
- Karofi Bauchi
- Maryam Suleiman, 20 years of Kandahar Bauchi
- Maryam Shuaibu, 16 years of Gwangwangwan Bauchi
- Hassana Saidu, 53 years of Dutsen Tanshi Bauchi
