Rivers State police said it would investigate the stampede at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, during the All Progressives Congress rally on Tuesday.
Making this known in Port Harcourt, spokesman of the Command, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, told News Agency of Nigeria that four people died in the stampede.
“As a Command, we will investigate the cause of the stampede. We are hearing different versions as to the cause of the incident.
“At the end of our investigation, we will write our report and any person or group of persons responsible for it will be sanctioned,” he said.
On Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said 15,000 personnel out of the 16,000 in the Command would be deployed to the 23 local government areas of the state for the elections.
According to him, three policemen are expected to be at a polling unit during the elections.