Woman slumps, dies in FCT market
A 47-year-old trader, identified as Mrs. Comfort Abednego, has reportedly slumped and died at the Kwaita village market in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT. Witnesses said the incident happened on Wednesday around 11:23 am while she was attending to customers who came to buy garri (cassava flour). Sources said the deceased stood up […]
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A 47-year-old trader, identified as Mrs. Comfort Abednego, has reportedly slumped and died at the Kwaita village market in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Witnesses said the incident happened on Wednesday around 11:23 am while she was attending to customers who came to buy garri (cassava flour).
Sources said the deceased stood up to buy a polythene bag in order to measure some mudu of garri for one of her customers when she suddenly slumped.
Ayuba Felix, a witness, told our reporter that the woman slumped in the process of sitting down.
He said some vigilantes at the market were alerted and they came to rush her to a nearby clinic.
“Unfortunately, she was later confirmed dead upon arrival at the clinic. One of the traders at the market, who identified her relatives, contacted them to evacuate her corpse,” he said.
A member of the vigilante, simply identified as Dogara, also confirmed the incident, saying the deceased came from Pache village and her body has been taken away by the family members.
“Actually, the woman always come from Pache village to sell garri on Kwaita market days. We saw people gathered where she sells this morning and discovered that she had slumped and died,” he said.
He added, “Even when the vigilantes found out from the relatives who came to evacuate her corpse, they said the woman was hale and hearty before she left home this morning.”
A police source at the Kwali division also confirmed the incident to our reporter.
Meanwhile, the vigilantes have arrested a man, simply identified as Nasiru, while he was attempting to steal a motorcycle at the same market.
A member of the vigilante, identified as Dogara, said the suspect went to where motorcycles were parked and he forcefully removed one of the bikes in an attempt to zoom off when he was apprehended.
He said, “The suspect actually targeted when some people rushed to where a woman had slumped at the market.
‘’He then attempted to remove the bike, but thankfully, a trader selling close to where the bike was parked suspected him and raised an alarm.”
He added that the suspect was almost lynched by a mob who descended on him, but the vigilantes rescued him and handed him over to security operatives in the area.