Four members of the Kwara People’s Democratic Party (PDP) died during the Sallah break at the home of the Saraki’s in Illorin.
The incident was caused by a stampede during an annual distribution of Sallah gift’s at the Saraki’s Charity House.
Alhaji Mas’ud Adebimpe, State spokesperson of PDP confirmed the tragedy in a statement.
The statement reads: “The Kwara State chapter held its annual Sallah celebration at PDP charity house where many party faithful were in attendance.
“The event, which is an annual activity of the party, went on smoothly until the unfortunate incident which led to the death of some people.
“While some are currently responding positively to treatment, we, however, regret to announce that we lost four of our party members to the unfortunate development.
“Our prayers go out to the families of the deceased and we wish the injured quick recovery”.