{"id":78728,"date":"2025-11-14T15:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78728"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:27:15","slug":"stampede-one-die-six-injure-at-defence-minister-matawalles-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/14\/stampede-one-die-six-injure-at-defence-minister-matawalles-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampede: One Die, Six Injure at Defence Minister Matawalle\u2019s Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One person died and six others were injured in a stampede at the Gusau residence of Defence Minister Bello Matawalle on Thursday evening, security sources confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. when a large crowd gathered to welcome the minister, resulting in chaotic pushing within the premises.<\/p>\n<p>Victims were taken to Farida General Hospital, where 23-year-old Khalifa Uzairu was confirmed dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The injured, identified as Ayuba Sani, Muhammadu Adams, Aliyu Aminu, Shaaban Hamisu and Inusa Musa Shehu are receiving treatment and are in stable condition, hospital officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Security operatives have been deployed to restore order as investigations begin into the cause of the stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities urged residents to remain calm and adhere to safety protocols during public gatherings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola One person died and six others were injured in a stampede at the Gusau residence of Defence Minister Bello Matawalle on Thursday evening, security sources confirmed. The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. when a large crowd gathered to welcome the minister, resulting in chaotic pushing within the premises. Victims were taken to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78730,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78728\/revisions\/78730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}