About 16 persons have been reported dead in the recruitment exercise if the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) conducted across the country on Saturday, March 15, 2014.
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Various centres recorded a high number of turn out by applicants, exceeding the capacity of the venue, which led to a stampede.
Eight people were feared dead during a stampede at the National Stadium Abuja, five lives were lost at the Liberation Stadium, Elekahia, Port Harcourt, while three applicants were also feared dead in Minna.
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About seventy were injured in Abuja alone.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed that seven people lost their lives.
