According to reports, the Christmas celebrants were in procession from the Tumfure community to the Government House and Gombe Emir’s Palace to pay homage when the incident occurred.
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The spokesperson of the Gombe State Police Command, Buhari Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident said about 22 celebrants sustained injuries.
He stated that the injured victims were rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe and the Specialist Hospital for medical attention.
Abdullahi, however, clarified that no deaths were recorded.