The Federal Government has halted the sale of seized food items following a stampede incident.
This decision was communicated by Customs spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada in a statement issued on Monday.
Earlier, The Nigeria Customs Service described as unfortunate the stampede at its office in Yaba, Lagos, during the sale of 25kg bags of rice to Lagos residents that led to the death of some seven persons.
Our correspondent learnt that people were trampled to death as a mass of people thronged the venue of the sale of the bags of confiscated rice at the Yaba office of the service on Friday amid the harsh economic conditions in the country.
Recall that a member of the All Progressives Congress, Comfort Adebanjo, and six others lost their lives in the bid to purchase the rice which sold for N10,000 at the Yaba Customs office.
The coordinator of FKL Ward E1, Lagos State of the APC, Oluwafemi Fadahunsi, and Secretary, Adebari Adewale, confirmed that Adebanjo was one of the seven persons who died during the stampede.
In the obituary released on Saturday obtained by our correspondent the party wrote, “It is with heavy hearts and regret we announce the painful death of one of our members in FKL Ward E1, Mrs Adebanjo Comfort Funmilayo, of house number 104, Ibidun Street by Akinhanmi Street, Ojuelegba.
“She was among the seven victims who died in the course of buying Customs rice at Yaba.
“May God grant all the members of her family and all the residents of Ward E1 the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.”
