According to Punch , some guests that attended the wedding between President Goodluck Jonathan’s foster daughter, Inebharapu and her husband, Simeon, on Saturday were tear-gassed as security agents found it difficult in controlling the surging crowd.
A large number of women were conveyed to the venue in their hundreds in long buses belonging to the Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company.Policemen, soldiers and officials of the Department of State Security made huge efforts to push back some guests at the main gate.
When the situation became too unbearable for them, they now used tear gas to disperse the agitated guests. It was reported that many people sustained various degrees of injury as they were scampering to safety.
A pregnant woman whose name is Oby as given by her relatives ,was reported to have gone into coma and was quickly rushed into an ambulance belonging to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
After she could not be stabilised after about 15 minutes, she was then driven in an ambulance marked CD 53 A to a hospital.Good Samaritans helped to resuscitate many other people by pouring water on them.
The bride Inebharapu is actually a daughter of the President’s cousin.
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