A 47-year-old trader, identified as Mrs. Comfort Abednego, has reportedly slumped and d!ed 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, 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 d!ed,” he said.
A police source at the Kwali division also confirmed the incident to our reporter.
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