Immigration Tragedy: Families Demand Immediate Release Of Corpses

Parents and family members of some applicants, who lost their lives during the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment test on Saturday in Abuja, have demanded for the release of the bodies of their loved ones for burial. The family members, who gathered at the National Hospital on Sunday, told the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who came to sympathize with them, that they wanted the bodies to be released for burial immediately. Seven applicants, including a pregnant woman, died in a stampede during the exercise at the National Stadium, venue of the recruitment test.