#Nigeria s interior minister has rejected calls for him to step down after he blamed job-seekers for their deaths in Saturdays stampede. He said his resignation did not arise until after an investigation. Mr Abba Moro told the BBCs Newsday programme that unauthorised people had broken through the fence into the national stadium in the capital, Abuja, where the tests were being held, causing the stampede. Similar statements over the weekend had led to calls for him to resign.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:23:34 +0000