President Bola Tinubu yesterday cancelled all his official engagements in Lagos, following the deaths of many people as they scrambled for end-of-year palliatives in Abuja and Okija community in Anambra State.
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, said the events, including the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta, were cancelled in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. Reports indicate that a yet-to-be estimated number of lives were lost at the two tragedies, which also left many others injured.
The tragic incidents occured just few days after a similar occurrence in Ibadan, where many were trampled upon while struggling to get access to Christmas palliatives.
The statement said President Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities of the Boat Regatta from the waterfront of his Queens Drive residence in Ikoyi.
