At least 31 people were killed in a stampede at a church service in Nigeria’s Port Harcourt on Saturday, according to local police. 

Seven injured people were hospitalized after the incident.

The incident took place at a local polo club, where the nearby Kings Assembly Church had organized a gift donation drive, according to Olufemi Ayodele, a regional spokesman for Nigeria's Civil Defense Corps.

Earlier, local media had reported that forty people, including children, were feared dead in the stampede.